                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SEPARATE ORDER BOOK, FILE AND INDEX OF ADOPTION CASES; TO WHOM AVAILABLE;
PERMANENT RETENTION (§ 63.2-1245)

Each circuit court clerk shall establish and maintain a separate and exclusive
order book, file and index of adoption cases, none of which shall be exposed to
public view but which shall be made available by such clerk to attorneys of
record, social service officials, court officials, and to such other persons as
the circuit court shall direct in specific cases by order of the circuit court
entered in accordance with § 63.2-1246.
		Such records shall be retained permanently in original form or on microfilm or
converted to an electronic format in accordance with § 17.1-213. Such microfilm
and microphotographic process and equipment shall meet state archival standards
pursuant to § 42.1-82; such electronic format shall follow state electronic
records guidelines; and such records shall be available for examination to those
persons listed in this section. The clerk shall further provide security
negative copies of any such microfilmed materials for storage in The Library of
Virginia.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 63-359.1; 1952, c. 420; 1968, cc. 35, 578, § 63.1-235;
1981, cc. 435, 637; 1994, c. 64; 2000, c. 830, § 63.1-219.52; 2002, c. 747;
2013, c. 263.