CHAPTER 19

Az Act to amend and reenact § 16.1-115, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to the disposition of papers in civil matters so as
to provide for the disposition of such papers by certain municipal
courts.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 16.1-115, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amend
and reenacted as follows:

§ 16.1-115. All papers connected with any civil action or proceedir
in a court not of record, except those in actions or proceedings (1) |
which no service of process is had, (2) which are removed or appeale
and (3) in which the papers are required by law to be sooner returns
to the clerk’s office of a court of record, shall be disposed of as follow

(1) If in a county court, they shall be retained for six mont]
after the action or proceeding is concluded, and at the end of such peri
they shall be delivered to the clerk of the circuit court where they shé
be properly filed, indexed and preserved, for which filing and indexir
such clerk shall receive a fee of twenty-five cents which shall be pa
by the plaintiff as a part of the costs and transmitted to the clerk of tl
circuit court with the papers.

(2) If in a county court of a county adjoining a city having
population in excess of two hundred thousand, and if in a municipal cou
of a city having a population in excess of two hundred thirty thousan
they shall be properly indexed, filed and preserved in such court.

(2a) If in a municipal court of a city having a population of mo:
than seventy-five thousand but less than one hundred twenty-five thousar
and such city was incorporated prior to nineteen hundred fifty or w
created by consolidation prior to nineteen hundred sixty, they shall )
properly indexed, filed and preserved in such court.

(2b) If in a municipal court of a city having a population of mo
than eighty thousand but not more than eighty-six thousand and adjoi
ing a city having a population of more than two hundred thousand, ¢
such records filed or entered on or after January one, nineteen hundre
sixty-three shall be properly indexed, filed and preserved in such cou1

(3) If in a municipal court of a city or town which has combine
with a county for the joint operation of their courts, they shall be r
tained for the same period prescribed herein for county courts, aft
which they shall be delivered to the corporation court, if any, of the cit
otherwise to the court of record having jurisdiction therein, for filin
indexing and preservation, for which filing and indexing such clerk shé
receive a fee of twenty-five cents which shall be paid and transmitte
to him as provided in paragraph (1) hereof with respect to clerks «
circuit courts.

(4) If in any other municipal court, they shall be disposed of :
provided by charter, but if there be no applicable charter provisions, the
they shall be properly indexed, filed and preserved in the corporatio
circuit or hustings court of record for such city, and the clerk there:
shall receive a fee of twenty-five cents for such filing to be taxed as
part of the costs.

(5) If in the county court of Hanover County, they shall be pro
erly indexed, filed and preserved in such court.

All filing fees provided for herein shall be taxed as a part of tl
costs. The papers in actions or proceedings in which no service of proce
is had shall be preserved for a period of three months, after which th¢
may, in the discretion of the judge of the court, be destroyed.

2. Anemergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.

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emong other things, to the issuance of biennial registration cards for
certified public accountants S14
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Approved February 18, 1966.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 54-96 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
follows:
€ 54-96. The Board shall, on July * one, nineteen hundred sixty-six,
and biennially thereafter, issue a registration card to any holder of a
certificate of ‘‘certified public accountant” issued under the laws of this
State, or other states, as provided in § 54-102, or to any duly registered
“public accountant” which card shall be good * for two years, charging
therefor * a fee of ten dollars * . Interim registration cards shall be issued
to applicants who have complied with the provisions of this chapter.
Failure to secure a registration card * shall not disqualify a person prev-
iously duly registered as a “public accountant” from securing a card in a
year, if such person decides to return to the public practice of
accountancy ; and shall not operate to revoke a certified public accountant
certificate once issued, but shall remove the holder thereof from those
registered and authorized to practice * . When registration cards are
secured after July first of each * two-year period, such persons shall not
be subject to the penalty prescribed in § 54-100, provided cards were
secured prior to charges having been preferred against such persons that

they were practicing unlawfully.