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2015 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 17.1-258.6 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 17.1-258.6. Acceptability of electronic medium; submission of trial court record to appellate court.
A. In connection with civil proceedings in circuit court, any
statutory requirement for an original, original paper, paper, record, document,
facsimile, memorandum, exhibit, certification, or transcript shall be satisfied
if such is in an electronic form approved for filing under the Rules of the Supreme
Court of Virginia. However, this section shall not apply to documents the form
of which is specified in any statute governing the creation and execution of
wills, codicils, testamentary trusts, premarital agreements, and negotiable
instruments.
B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any statutory
authorization for the use of copies or reproductions in civil proceedings in
circuit court shall be satisfied by use of such copies or reproductions in hard
copy or electronic form approved for filing under the Rules of the Supreme
Court of Virginia.
C. Any clerk of a circuit court with an electronic filing system that complies with the Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia may provide the trial court record in electronic form to the appropriate clerk of any appellate court. The clerk of the Supreme Court and the clerk of the Court of Appeals shall accept the official civil or criminal record in electronic form as otherwise required by law.
D. The Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia shall not prohibit the use of a private vendor electronic filing system if such system is in compliance with the filing standards established by the Court.
2. That the provisions of this act shall become effective on January 1, 2016.