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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>349971</law_id><section_number>17.1-206</section_number><catch_line>Where offices to be located</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="50" identifier="17.1">Courts of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="2">Clerks, Clerks' Offices and Records</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Other Clerks and Clerks' Offices</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The clerk&#x2019;s office of every <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">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&#x2019;s office may be kept at such other place within the county or city as the <span class="dictionary">court</span> may direct. However, nothing in this section shall prohibit the establishment of a clerk&#x2019;s office satellite facility or annex which is not located at the courthouse; provided that recording of all land records, docketing of all monetary <span class="dictionary">judgments</span>, filing of U.C.C. financing statements, and filing of matters at <span class="dictionary">law</span> and in <span class="dictionary">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></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 3385, &#xA7; 17-40; 1938, p. 132; 1973, c. 406; 1997, c. 325; 1998, c. 872.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Daily Press, LLC v. Office of the Exec. Sec'y of the Supreme .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>Record 160889</case_number><citation>800 S.E.2d 822</citation><date>2017-06-29</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4404754/daily-press-llc-v-office-of-the-exec-secy-of-the-supreme-court-of-va/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. OPINION BY JUSTICE STEPHEN R. McCULLOUGH .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
