                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COPYING OF RECORDS BECOMING ILLEGIBLE (§ 17.1-212)

The judge or, if so designated by the judge, the clerk of each court of record,
when satisfied that the records and papers in the office of the clerk of court
are becoming illegible or are wearing out and is of the opinion that the same
should be preserved, may order the records and papers copied or photographed or
otherwise duplicated at the expense of the county or city in which the
clerk&#8217;s office is located.
		The copies of the records and papers shall be examined and compared by the
clerk with the originals and when he is satisfied that the copies are exact he
shall certify them as true copies. The certified copies shall be kept in the
same place in which the originals are kept and the latter shall continue to be
carefully preserved.

HISTORY: 1944, p. 195, § 17-47; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 3387a; 1997, c. 836;
1998, c. 872.