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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>377804</law_id><section_number>8.01-688</section_number><catch_line>Order books, etc., of former district courts in custody of Clerk of Supreme Court, 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="12" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="62" identifier="26.2">Appeals Generally</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="4" identifier="4">Miscellaneous Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">order</span> books, <span class="dictionary">dockets</span> and other office books formerly belonging to the several former district <span class="dictionary">courts</span> shall remain in the <span class="dictionary">custody</span> of the Clerk of the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span>. Said Clerk shall furnish <span class="dictionary">transcripts</span> of the records and proceedings of such district <span class="dictionary">courts</span> when required, and perform all other duties in respect to records and proceedings of such district <span class="dictionary">courts</span> as might have been performed by the clerks of such district <span class="dictionary">courts</span> if such <span class="dictionary">courts</span> had continued to exist. All printed and manuscript <span class="dictionary">orders</span>, and other papers pertaining to cases decided in such district <span class="dictionary">courts</span>, shall remain in the <span class="dictionary">custody</span> of the clerks of the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">courts</span> at the several places where such district <span class="dictionary">courts</span> held their sessions, who shall be charged with the same duties in respect to such records and papers as might have been performed by the clerks of such district <span class="dictionary">courts</span> respectively, if such <span class="dictionary">courts</span> had continued to exist, and who shall receive for any such service fees similar to those charged by the clerks of district <span class="dictionary">courts</span> for such services.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-502; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
