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However, nothing in this section shall prohibit the establishment of a clerk’s office satellite facility or annex which is not located at the courthouse; provided that recording of all land records, docketing of all monetary judgments, filing of U.C.C. financing statements, and filing of matters at law and in equity shall be conducted at the courthouse location. All expenses related to the establishment and operation of a satellite facility or annex shall be the responsibility of the locality.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1304360,"text":"The clerk’s office of every circuit court, or any division thereof, of any county or city shall be kept at the courthouse of such county or city, unless there is a failure by the proper authorities to provide an office there, in which case the clerk’s office may be kept at such other place within the county or city as the court may direct. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1973, chapter 406; in 1997, chapter 325<\/a>; in 1998, chapter 872<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1389997,"object_type":"law","relational_id":349971,"identifier":"17.1-206","token":"17.1\/2\/2\/17.1-206","url":"\/17.1-206\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-206\/","token":"17.1\/2\/2\/17.1-206","dublin_core":{"Title":"Where offices to be located","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-206","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The clerk’s office of every circuit<\/span> court<\/span>, or any division thereof, of any county or city shall be kept at the courthouse of such county or city, unless there is a failure by the proper authorities to provide an office there, in which case the clerk’s office may be kept at such other place within the county or city as the court<\/span> may direct. However, nothing in this section shall prohibit the establishment of a clerk’s office satellite facility or annex which is not located at the courthouse; provided that recording of all land records, docketing of all monetary judgments<\/span>, filing of U.C.C. financing statements, and filing of matters at law<\/span> and in equity<\/span> shall be conducted at the courthouse location. All expenses related to the establishment and operation of a satellite facility or annex shall be the responsibility of the locality.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHERE OFFICES TO BE LOCATED (\u00a7 17.1-206)\n\nThe clerk’s office of every circuit court, or any division thereof, of any\ncounty or city shall be kept at the courthouse of such county or city, unless\nthere is a failure by the proper authorities to provide an office there, in\nwhich case the clerk’s office may be kept at such other place within the\ncounty or city as the court may direct. However, nothing in this section shall\nprohibit the establishment of a clerk’s office satellite facility or annex\nwhich is not located at the courthouse; provided that recording of all land\nrecords, docketing of all monetary judgments, filing of U.C.C. financing\nstatements, and filing of matters at law and in equity shall be conducted at the\ncourthouse location. All expenses related to the establishment and operation of\na satellite facility or annex shall be the responsibility of the locality.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 3385, \u00a7 17-40; 1938, p. 132; 1973, c. 406; 1997, c. 325;\n1998, c. 872.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}