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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>350012</law_id><section_number>17.1-244</section_number><catch_line>Books, etc., in clerks&amp;#8217; offices rebound, transcribed, microfilmed or digitally reproduced; credit given to transcripts, etc</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="5" identifier="3">Records, Recordation and Indexing Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">court</span> of record or, if so designated by the <span class="dictionary">judge</span>, the clerk thereof may cause any of the books or records in the clerk&#x2019;s office which may be in need thereof to be rebound, transcribed, microfilmed or digitally reproduced. The same faith and credit shall be given to such <span class="dictionary">transcript</span> or reproductions from the microfilm or digitally reproduced record as the book or record transcribed would have been entitled to.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 5980, &#xA7; 17-74; 1972, c. 549; 1976, c. 630; 1997, c. 836; 1998, c. 872; 2008, cc. 823, 833.</history><metadata><court_decisions></court_decisions></metadata></law>
