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type: "Bill"
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title: "Electronic filing of land records; fee for paper filing."
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description: "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"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 870"
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citation: "Virginia SB 870 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Computer Services and Uses", "Courts of Record"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Richard H. Stuart"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2016-12-09"
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last_action: "2017-02-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93c8231e-c434-4eae-86b8-f9fe34151d68"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB870"
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source_hash: "eb64ceac07fde3f331de028c5312f3cf4ef5a28b1703e0bbcf31cdad76793680"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 870 (2017) — Electronic filing of land records; fee for paper filing.
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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
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0090)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0090)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB870ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB870ER)
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3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102470D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB870)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **33–6** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **10–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-12-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102470D `introduction`
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- **2016-12-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-18** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-30** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-30** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-13** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-14** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-14** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-15** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-15** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/15/17
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- **2017-02-15** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2017
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- **2017-02-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 90 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93c8231e-c434-4eae-86b8-f9fe34151d68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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