CHAPTER 108

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 16.1-130 and 16.1-188 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to certain records of courts not of record and the
disposition thereof, the sections relating, respectively, to criminal
dockets and to papers retained for payment of fine.

[H 272]

Approved February 23, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 16.1-130 and 16.1-138 of the Code of Virginia be amended
and reenacted as follows:

§ 16.1-130. For each court not of record having jurisdiction of
criminal matters there shall be a criminal docket, on which shall be entered
all cases tried and prosecuted and all matters coming before the court,
and the final disposition of the same, together with an account of costs and
fines assessed. Such dockets shall be maintained as public records for a
period of twenty years, after which they may be destroyed.

_ _ § 16.1-138. In any case in which the defendant is permitted by the
judge to pay in installments any fine imposed upon him the papers may,
if otherwise required to be returned to a court of record, be retained in
the trial court for such period not in excess of three years after conviction
as may be required for the payment of the fine or until the suspension is
revoked. All papers in criminal proceedings which are not required to be
returned to a court of record shall be properly indexed, filed and preserved
in the trial court, as public records for a period of twenty years, after
which they may be destroyed.