17.1-258.3 - Electronic filing in civil or criminal proceedings.

§ 17.1-258.3. Electronic filing in civil or criminal proceedings.

Any clerk of circuit court may establish and operate a system for electronicfiling in civil or criminal proceedings that shall be governed by the Rulesof the Supreme Court of Virginia. The circuit court clerk may require eachperson whom the clerk authorizes to file documents electronically to enterinto an agreement specifying the electronic filing procedures to be followed,including, but not limited to, security procedures, as defined in the UniformElectronic Transactions Act (§ 59.1-479 et seq.), for transmitting signed ornotarized documents.

(2005, c. 744; 2008, cc. 823, 833; 2010, cc. 430, 717, 760.)