Electronic Filing

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This is Article 4.1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Electronic Filing.” It is part of Chapter 2 “Clerks, Clerks' Offices and Records”, which is part of Title 17.1 “Courts of Record”. It contains 8 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 8 sections.

§ 17.1-258.2	Definition
§ 17.1-258.3	Electronic filing in civil or criminal proceedings
§ 17.1-258.3:1	Electronic filing of land records; paper form
§ 17.1-258.3:2	Official certificates and certified records in digital form
§ 17.1-258.3:3	Submission of records as electronic documents
§ 17.1-258.4	Signature; when effective as original; notarization; seal
§ 17.1-258.5	Application
§ 17.1-258.6	Acceptability of electronic medium; submission of trial court record to appellate court