Laws, Public Records, and Copies of Original Records as Evidence

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This is Article 2 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Laws, Public Records, and Copies of Original Records as Evidence.” It is part of Chapter 14 “Evidence”, which is part of Title 8.01 “Civil Remedies and Procedure”. It contains 6 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 6 sections.

§ 8.01-389	Judicial records as evidence; full faith and credit; recitals in deeds, deeds of trust, and mortgages; "records" defined; certification
§ 8.01-390	Nonjudicial records as evidence (Subdivision (10)(a) of Supreme Court Rule 2:803 derived from subsection C of this section)
§ 8.01-390.1	School records as evidence
§ 8.01-390.2	Reports by Chief Medical Examiner received as evidence
§ 8.01-390.3	Business records as evidence (Subdivision (6) of Supreme Court Rule 2:902 derived in part from this section)
§ 8.01-391	Copies of originals as evidence (Subdivision (6) of Supreme Court Rule 2:902 derived in part from subsection D of this section and Supreme Court Rule 2:1005 derived from this section)