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1997 SESSION
974176112Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 17-47, 17-74, 17-75 and 17-76 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 17-47. Copying of records becoming illegible or wearing out.
The judge or 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 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 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 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.