CHAPTER 250

An Act to amend and reenact § 17-41, as amended, of the Code of Virginia,
relating to when the offices of clerks of court shall be kept open.

[H 291]
Approved March 31, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
l. That § 17-41, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 17-41. The clerk’s office of every court shall be kept open on every
jay except Sunday, the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas
Day, during convenient hours, for the transaction of business; provided

(1) In cities it may be closed on New Year’s Day, Memorial Day,
Labor Day and Veterans Day, and the judge of the circuit court of any
county may authorize the clerk to close the office on any such day or days;

(2) The judge of any circuit or corporation court may authorize the
slerk to close the office on Saturday at twelve o’clock noon;
(3) In cities having a population of one hundred forty thousand or
more, and in cities having a population of not less than ninety thousand
nor more than ninety-five thousand, the clerk’s office of any court may be
“fe Belo on all days which are made legal holidays under the provisions
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(4) "inne judge of the circuit court of any county adjoining a city
within or without the territorial limits of the Commonwealth of Virginia
having a population of one hundred forty thousand or more, may authorize
the clerk to close the office on all days which are made legal holidays under
the provisions of § 2-19;

(5) The judge of the circuit or corporation court of any county or
city may authorize the clerk to close the office on Saturday and/or on any
or all days which are made legal holidays under the provisions of § 2-19;
provided the governing body of such county or city approves such action as
evidenced by a resolution adopted by such governing body;

(6) The judge of any court in any county or city may authorize the
clerk of such court to close the office on Saturday and/or on any or all days
which are made legal holidays under the provisions of § 2-19; provided
the governing body of such county or city approves such action as evidenced
by a resolution adopted by such governing body

(7) Notwithstanding the provisions of (5) and (6) hereof, the office
of any clerk which has been closed on Saturday, pursuant to law, prior
to July one, nineteen hundred sixty-two, may remain closed on Saturday;

(8) The clerk’s office of the circuit court of any county having a
population of more than twenty-one thousand five hundred but less than
twenty-two thousand five hundred, and of any county contiguous to a city
having a population of more than ninety thousand but less than one hun-
dred thousand, and of any county having a population of more than thirteen
thousand but less than sixteen thousand and of any county having a popu-
lation of more than twenty-seven thousand four hundred but less than
thirty thousand, and in any county having a population of more than
twelve thousand seven hundred but less than twelve thousand eight hun-
dred, may be closed on any day which is established as a general holiday
for the employees of such county by a resolution duly adopted by the gov-
erning body of such county and approved by the judge of the circuit court
and filed in the office of such clerk;

(9) The judge of the circuit court of any county having a population
of not less than seventeen thousand five hundred, or of any county having
a population of not less than thirty-three thousand five hundred nor more
than thirty-four thousand, may authorize the clerk to close the office on
any or all days which are made legal holidays under the provisions of § 2-19.

Whenever the authorization of the judge is necessary to close a clerk’s
office and a clerk is the clerk of more than one court, or a court has more
than one judge, the authorization of all such judges shall be necessary.

The judge of the circuit court of any county may require the clerk’s
office to be kept open continuously for the transaction of business during
convenient hours on all the days on which it is herein required to be kept
open.