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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.