Virginia § 17.1-320 - Furnishing reports to law libraries destroyed by fire
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 17.1-320 — Furnishing reports to law libraries destroyed by fire, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 17.1-320. Furnishing reports to law libraries destroyed by fire
The Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia is authorized and directed to furnish to the law school of any institution of higher education in the Commonwealth whose law library has been destroyed by fire, out of any surplus copies on hand and available for such distribution, eight copies of each volume of the Virginia Reports, or so many thereof as may be necessary to replace copies of such volumes which have been destroyed by such fire.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia to purchase any such copies for distribution hereunder.
1980, c. 615, § 17-111.7; 1998, c. 872.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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