                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

KEEPER OF SEALS OF COMMONWEALTH; DUTIES GENERALLY (§ 2.2-402)

A. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall (i) be keeper of the seals of the
Commonwealth; (ii) keep a record of all executive acts, arrange and preserve all
records and papers belonging to the executive branch of state government; (iii)
be charged with the clerical duties of that department; and (iv) render to the
Governor, in the dispatch of executive business, such services as he requires.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall record or register all papers or
documents required by law to be registered or recorded in his office, and, when
required, furnish a copy of any record in his office under the seal of the
Commonwealth.

B. The Secretary of the Commonwealth may authenticate records of any court of
the Commonwealth and of any department of the government. He shall keep a
register of all city, incorporated town, county, and district officers, and,
when required, give a certificate of the election and qualification of any such
officer.

C. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall make an annual report to the
Governor, identifying the following: (i) the governing boards of all public
institutions of higher education, and other boards appointed by the Governor;
(ii) all commissions issued under appointments made by the Governor, except
commissions to notaries public; (iii) all departments, boards, councils,
commissions, and other collegial bodies created in the executive branch of state
government; and (iv) such other matters as the Governor requires.
			The annual report shall also include:

   1. An organizational chart of state government that (i) identifies each
   agency, department, and institution of state government and (ii) contains a
   brief description of the duties of each agency, department, and institution.
   The Secretary of the Commonwealth may include such other information in the
   organizational chart as the Secretary deems appropriate. Annually, the
   Secretary shall make such revisions to the organizational chart as are
   necessary to ensure its accuracy. The organizational chart shall be posted on
   the Commonwealth&#8217;s website; and

   2. Information and photographs of the members of the General Assembly; these
   materials shall be maintained for the Secretary&#8217;s use in the annual
   report by the Clerks of the House of Delegates and the Senate.
   				The reports shall be transmitted by the Governor to the General Assembly,
   printed as other annual reports are printed, bound in a separate volume, and
   disposed of according to law.

D. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall collect all fees described in &#xA7;
2.2-409, and all other fees of office and commissions, accruing and pay them
into the state treasury.

E. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall, as soon as practicable, forward a
copy of any absolute pardon granted by the Governor to a person for the
commission of a crime that such person did not commit to the circuit court for
the county or city in which such person was convicted of the crime for which the
Governor granted the absolute pardon.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 2-60, 14-13; 1956, c. 217; 1964, c. 386, § 14.1-14;
1966, c. 677, § 2.1-68; 1998, c. 872; 1999, c. 51; 2001, c. 844; 2012, c. 271;
2019, c. 181.