CHAPTER 286

An Act to amend and reenact § 17-43 of the Code of Virginia, relating to
the inspection of court records and papers and the furnishing of
copies thereof.

[S 319]

Approved March 10, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
ae That § 17-43 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as

ollows:

§ 17-43. The records and papers of every court shall be open to in-
spection by any person and the clerk shall, when required, furnish copies
thereof, except in cases in which it is otherwise specially provided. The
certificate of the clerk to such copies shall, if the paper copied be recorded
in a bound volume, contain the name and number of the volume and the
page or folio at which the recordation of the paper begins. No person shall
be permitted to use the clerk’s office for the purpose of making copies of
records in such manner, or to such extent, as will interfere with the busi-
ness of the office or with its reasonable use by the general public.