                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

OFFICIAL CERTIFICATES AND CERTIFIED RECORDS IN DIGITAL FORM (§ 17.1-258.3:2)

A clerk of circuit court may establish a system for providing official
certificates and certified records in digital form of any document maintained by
the clerk. The clerk may require any person to provide proof of identity to the
clerk in order to obtain access to such records. The clerk or his designated
application service provider may assess an additional fee not to exceed $5 per
official certificate accompanying or attesting the certified records, subject to
subdivision A 8 of § 17.1-275 and to the exemptions provided in § 17.1-267.
The clerk may perform such other notarial acts as allowed under § 47.1-12. The
fee shall be paid to the clerk&#8217;s office and deposited by the clerk into
the clerk&#8217;s nonreverting local fund to be used to cover operational
expenses as defined in § 17.1-295. Nothing herein shall be construed to require
any person to obtain an electronic certificate of any record maintained by the
clerk, and such record may continue to be obtained in paper form. The clerk of
the circuit court of any jurisdiction shall be immune from suit arising from any
acts or omissions relating to providing official certificates and certified
records in digital form of any document maintained by the clerk pursuant to this
section unless the clerk was grossly negligent or engaged in willful misconduct.

HISTORY: 2010, c. 430; 2011, c. 715; 2013, c. 77.