                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CLERKS TO KEEP JUDGMENT DOCKETS; WHAT JUDGMENTS TO BE DOCKETED THEREIN (§
8.01-446)

The clerk of each court of every circuit shall keep in his office, in a
well-bound book, or by microphotographic or electronic process allowed by §
17.1-240, a judgment docket, in which he shall docket, without delay, any
judgment for a specific amount of money rendered in his court, and shall
likewise docket without delay any judgment for a specific amount of money
rendered in this Commonwealth by any other court of this Commonwealth or federal
court, when he shall be required so to do by any person interested, on such
person delivering to him an authenticated legible abstract of it and also upon
the request of any person interested therein, any such judgment rendered by a
district court judge whose book has been filed in his office under the
provisions of Title 16.1 or of which a legible abstract is delivered to him
certified by the district court judge who rendered it; provided, that judgments
docketed in the clerk&#8217;s office of the Circuit Court of the City of
Williamsburg and the County of James City shall be docketed and indexed in one
book. A specific judgment for money shall state that it is a judgment for money
in a specific amount in favor of a named party, against a named party, with that
party&#8217;s address, if known, and it shall further state the time from which
the judgment bears interest. An order of restitution docketed pursuant to §
19.2-305.2 shall have the same force and effect as a specific judgment for money
and shall state that it is an order of restitution in a specific amount in favor
of a named party, against a named party, with that party&#8217;s address, if
known, and it shall further state the time from which the judgment bears
interest. If the clerk determines that an abstract is not legible, the clerk
shall refuse to record it and shall return it to the person who tendered the
abstract for recording. No judgment for assessments described in subsection A of
§ 17.1-275.5 or for the fees provided for by § 17.1-275.1, 17.1-275.2,
17.1-275.3, 17.1-275.4, 17.1-275.7, 17.1-275.8, 17.1-275.9, 17.1-275.10,
17.1-275.11, 17.1-275.11:1, or 17.1-275.12 or for all other fines and costs
shall be recorded as a judgment in favor of the Commonwealth if such fees,
assessments, fines, or costs have been fully paid by the defendant by the date
of sentencing by the court.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-373; 1952, c. 438; 1962, c. 568; 1973, c. 544; 1975,
cc. 182, 575; 1977, c. 617; 1993, c. 412; 1994, c. 538; 1995, c. 434; 1997, c.
579; 2008, cc. 823, 833; 2013, c. 263; 2015, c. 641.