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Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-331 (2026)

Entry of cases on current dockets

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When any civil action is commenced in a circuit court, or any such action is removed to such court and the required writ tax and fees thereon paid, the clerk shall enter the same in the civil docket. These dockets may be either (i) a substantial, well-bound loose-leaf book, (ii) a visible card index or (iii) automated data processing media. Each case shall be entered on the civil docket, on which shall be entered:

1. The short style of the suit or action,

2. The names of the attorneys,

3. The nature of the suit or action, and

4. The date filed and case file number.

In addition the docket may contain the following information applicable in an individual case as deemed appropriate:

1. The names of the parties,

2. The date of the issuance of process,

3. A memorandum of the service of process,

4. A memorandum of the orders and proceedings in the case, and

5. The hearing date(s) and type(s) of hearing(s) conducted on such date(s).

The clerk may enter the clerk's fees in the case on such docket instead of in the fee book.

Cases appealed from the juvenile and domestic relations district courts shall be docketed as provided in this section and, to the extent inconsistent with this section, § 16.1-302.

Code 1950, §§ 8-160, 8-165; 1954, c. 333; 1956, c. 307; 1977, c. 617; 1983, c. 293; 1990, c. 258; 2005, c. 681.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2002–2010 · leading case: Layfield v. Indian Acres Club of Thornburg, Inc., 58 Va. Cir. 233 (2002).
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Layfield v. Indian Acres Club of Thornburg, Inc., 58 Va. Cir. 233 (2002). “(Similarly, in § 8.01-331, payment of the writ tax and fees is made a prerequisite to entry of the case on the civil docket.”
Lahey v. Johnson, 89 Va. Cir. 448 (Augusta Cir. Ct. 2010). · cites it 6× “Va. Code § 8.01-331 provides: When any civil action is commenced in a circuit court, any such action is removed to such court and the required writ tax and fees thereon paid, the clerk shall enter the same in the civil docket.”
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