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2001 SESSION

016236764
HOUSE BILL NO. 2731
Offered January 18, 2001
A BILL to amend and reenact § 17.1-225 of the Code of Virginia, relating to remote access to nonconfidential court records.
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Patron-- Hargrove
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 17.1-225 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 17.1-225. Remote access to nonconfidential court records.

The clerk of the circuit court of any county or city may provide remote access, including Internet access, to all nonconfidential court records maintained by his office and described in § 17.1-242. The clerk shall be responsible for insuring that proper security measures are implemented and maintained to prevent remote access users from obtaining any data which is that are confidential under this Code and to prevent the modification or destruction of any records by remote access users. For purposes of this section, remote access users are those individuals not employed by the clerk's office.