Virginia Code 42.1-91.1: Availability of public records created prior to January 1, 1901
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Notwithstanding any provisions of a previously executed contract with any department, agency, or institution of the Commonwealth or political subdivision, any individual or private entity lawfully in possession of public records created prior to January 1, 1901, or images of such records may display or publish such records in any format, including in an electronic database or on the Internet, without paying a fee to or requesting permission from the original custodian of such records.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 42.1-91.1
- Agency: means all boards, commissions, departments, divisions, institutions, and authorities, and parts thereof, of the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions and includes the offices of constitutional officers. See Virginia Code 42.1-77
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Custodian: means the public official in charge of an office having public records. See Virginia Code 42.1-77
2020, c. 773.