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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>377373</law_id><section_number>8.01-446.1</section_number><catch_line>Keeping of docket books by clerk of court using micrographic process; form</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.01-451</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="12" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="33" identifier="17">Judgments and Decrees Generally</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="5" identifier="5">Keeping of Docket Books; Execution Thereon; Disposal of Exhibits</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Whenever <span class="dictionary">judgments</span> are docketed in the <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> <span class="dictionary">lien</span> book in the office of the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> and are recorded by a procedural micrographic process as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Recording by microphotographic or electronic process" href="/17.1-240/">17.1-240</a>, or by any other method or process which renders impractical or impossible the subsequent entry of notations upon the docketed <span class="dictionary">judgment</span>, an appropriate certificate of assignment, release, partial release, certified copy of any <span class="dictionary">order</span>, or other separate instrument setting forth the necessary information as provided in this section shall be recorded and indexed according to <span class="dictionary">law</span>. Such instrument shall conform substantially with the following form:</p><p>ORIGINAL BOOK # _____ PAGE _____ (or instrument no)</p><p>ORIGINAL DATE DOCKETED: ____________________</p><p>TYPE OF FILING (Check One)</p><p>( ) Assignment</p><p>( ) Release</p><p>( ) Partial Release</p><p>( ) Credit(s)</p><p>( ) Additional Debtor(s)</p><p>( ) New Name of Debtor</p><p>Date of <span class="dictionary">Judgment</span>: ____________________</p><p>Amount of <span class="dictionary">Judgment</span>: ____________________</p><p><span class="dictionary">Plaintiff</span>(s): ________________________________________</p><p><span class="dictionary">Defendant</span>(s): ________________________________________</p><p>Assignee (If assignment): ________________________________________</p><p>Payments (If credits): AMOUNT __________ DATE PAID __________</p><p>(Complete below if additional debtor or change of name of debtor)</p><p>Debtor: ________________________________________</p><p>Social Security Number of Debtor (Last Four Digits) (If known): __________</p><p>Given under my hand this __________ day of __________, __________</p><p>________________________________________(<span class="dictionary">Plaintiff</span>) (Attorney for <span class="dictionary">Plaintiff</span>)(Authorized Agent for <span class="dictionary">Plaintiff</span>)</p><p>Any <span class="dictionary">judgment creditor</span> who knowingly gives false information upon such certificate made under this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>1985, c. 48; 2008, cc. 823, 833.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
