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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>349980</law_id><section_number>17.1-215</section_number><catch_line>Process book</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 of a <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall keep a <span class="dictionary">process book</span> or file or, in lieu thereof, an automated system, in which the clerk shall enter every such process, <span class="dictionary">order</span> or <span class="dictionary">decree</span>, showing its nature, date, return day and the person to whom, and the time when, it was delivered, or, if it was mailed, the time thereof and the person to whom it was addressed. From any officer, to whom there is such delivery, the clerk shall take a receipt in the <span class="dictionary">process book</span> or file or enter the receipt on the automated system.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 3403, &#xA7; 17-51; 1946, p. 54; 1989, c. 137; 1998, c. 872.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
