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1998 SESSION


CHAPTER 886
An Act to amend and reenact § 8.01-452.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to disposal of exhibits in civil cases.
[H 1403]
Approved April 22, 1998

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 8.01-452.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 8.01-452.1. Disposal of exhibits in civil cases.

A clerk of court may, after the date in which to note an appeal has elapsed, after sixty days have elapsed from the entry of judgment in a civil case or, if the civil case is appealed or notice of appeal is pending or the case is being reheard, when the appeal or rehearing is concluded, may dispose of or donate any exhibits filed in the case and in his possession after notifying the owner or his attorney by certified first-class mail, return receipt requested, and after twenty-one days from the receipt mailing of the notice by to the owner or attorney unless the owner or attorney requests the return of the exhibits.