republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-870.md

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Bill	Electronic filing of land records; fee for paper filing.	Provides that a clerk of a circuit court that has established an electronic filing system for land records may charge a fee not to exceed $5 per instrument for every land record filed by paper. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 870	Virginia SB 870 (2017)	bill	Computer Services and Uses Courts of Record	enacted	Richard H. Stuart	3	15	5	2016-12-09	2017-02-20	openstates	ocd-bill/93c8231e-c434-4eae-86b8-f9fe34151d68	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB870	eb64ceac07fde3f331de028c5312f3cf4ef5a28b1703e0bbcf31cdad76793680	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 870 (2017) — Electronic filing of land records; fee for paper filing.

Provides that a clerk of a circuit court that has established an electronic filing system for land records may charge a fee not to exceed $5 per instrument for every land record filed by paper. This bill is identical to

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0090) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB870ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102470D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 33–6 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 10–1 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 21–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2016-12-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102470D introduction
• 2016-12-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-01-18 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-01-30 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-30 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-13 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-14 Enrolled
• 2017-02-14 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-15 Signed by President
• 2017-02-15 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/15/17
• 2017-02-15 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2017
• 2017-02-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 90 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/93c8231e-c434-4eae-86b8-f9fe34151d68. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).