                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CERTIFICATION OF CERTAIN RECORDS AND ADMISSIBILITY IN EVIDENCE (§ 46.2-215)

Whenever any record, including records maintained by electronic media, by
photographic processes, or paper, in the office of the Department is admissible
in evidence, a copy, a machine-produced transcript, or a photograph of the
record or paper attested by the Commissioner or his designee may be admitted as
evidence in lieu of the original. In any case in which the records are
transmitted by electronic means a machine imprint of the Commissioner&#8217;s
name purporting to authenticate the record shall be the equivalent of
attestation or certification by the Commissioner.
		Any copy, transcript, photograph, or any certification purporting to be sealed
or sealed and signed by the Commissioner or his designee or imprinted with the
Commissioner&#8217;s name may be admitted as evidence without any proof of the
seal or signature or of the official character of the person whose name is
signed thereto. If an issue as to the authenticity of any information
transmitted by electronic means is raised, the court shall require that a record
attested by the Commissioner or his designee be submitted for admission into
evidence.

HISTORY: 1962, c. 368, § 46.1-34.1; 1966, c. 196; 1986, c. 607; 1988, c. 427;
1989, c. 727.