8.01-446 - Clerks to keep judgment dockets; what judgments to be docketed therein.
§ 8.01-446. Clerks to keep judgment dockets; what judgments to be docketedtherein.
The clerk of each court of every circuit shall keep in his office, in awell-bound book, or by microphotographic or electronic process allowed by §17.1-240, a judgment docket, in which he shall docket, without delay, anyjudgment for a specific amount of money rendered in his court, and shalllikewise docket without delay any judgment for a specific amount of moneyrendered in this Commonwealth by any other court of this Commonwealth orfederal court, when he shall be required so to do by any person interested,on such person delivering to him an authenticated legible abstract of it andalso upon the request of any person interested therein, any such judgmentrendered by a district court judge whose book has been filed in his officeunder the provisions of Title 16.1 or of which a legible abstract isdelivered to him certified by the district court judge who rendered it;provided, that judgments docketed in the clerk's office of the Circuit Courtof the City of Williamsburg and the County of James City shall be docketedand indexed in one book. A specific judgment for money shall state that it isa judgment for money in a specific amount in favor of a named party, againsta named party, with that party's address, if known, and it shall furtherstate the time from which the judgment bears interest. An order ofrestitution docketed pursuant to § 19.2-305.2 shall have the same force andeffect as a specific judgment for money and shall state that it is an orderof restitution in a specific amount in favor of a named party, against anamed party, with that party's address, if known, and it shall further statethe time from which the judgment bears interest. If the clerk determines thatan abstract is not legible, the clerk shall refuse to record it and shallreturn it to the person who tendered the abstract for recording.
(Code 1950, § 8-373; 1952, c. 438; 1962, c. 568; 1973, c. 544; 1975, cc. 182,575; 1977, c. 617; 1993, c. 412; 1994, c. 538; 1995, c. 434; 1997, c. 579;2008, cc. 823, 833.)