8.01-616 - Delivery of original papers of suit by clerk to commissioner.
§ 8.01-616. Delivery of original papers of suit by clerk to commissioner.
The clerk of a court shall, upon the request of any commissioner in chancerywho has before him for execution an order made in such action, deliver to himthe original papers thereof; and it shall not be necessary for the clerk tocopy such papers, nor shall he charge any fee for copies of any of them,unless the same be specially ordered. The commissioner to whom such papersmay be delivered, shall give his receipt therefor, and return the papers asspeedily as possible to the office of the clerk of the court.
(Code 1950, § 8-258; 1977, c. 617.)