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1997 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 17-47, 17-74, 17-75 and 17-76 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 17-47. Copying of records becoming illegible or wearing out.
The judge or, if so designated by the
judge, the clerk of each court of record, when satisfied that
the records and papers in the office of the clerk of his court are
becoming illegible or are wearing out and is of the opinion that the same
should be preserved, may order the records and papers copied or photographed or
otherwise duplicated.
The copies of the records and papers shall be examined and compared by the clerk with the originals and when he is satisfied that the copies are exact he shall certify them as true copies; the copies when so examined and certified shall be kept in the same place in which the originals are kept and the latter shall continue to be carefully preserved.
The city or county in which the clerk's office is located, any papers of which have been so copied, shall bear the expense of the same.
§ 17-74. Books, etc., in clerks' offices rebound, transcribed, microfilmed or digitally reproduced; credit given to transcripts, etc.
Any court of record or, if so designated
by the judge, the clerk thereof may
cause any of the books or records in its the clerk's
office which may be in need thereof to be rebound, transcribed
or, microfilmed or digitally reproduced. The same
faith and credit shall be given to such transcript or reproductions from the
microfilm as the book or record transcribed would have been entitled to.
§ 17-75. Books may be taken from clerk's office to be rebound, etc.
The court or, if so designated by the
judge, the clerk directing any book or books to be bound,
rebound or, microfilmed or digitally reproduced
as aforesaid may allow the same to be taken from the clerk's office in
which such book or books may be on file, but shall take all necessary and
proper precautions, by requiring bonds or otherwise, to insure the preservation
and return and to prevent the mutilation thereof.
§ 17-76. How costs thereof certified and paid.
The cost incurred shall be certified by such court
or, if so designated by the judge, the
clerk to the board of supervisors or other governing body of
the county or to the council of the city in whose clerk's office the books or
records so bound, rebound, microfilmed or, transcribed
or digitally reproduced are on file, to be paid as a charge on such
county or corporation city.