Va. Sup. Ct. R. 5A:10A

( a ) Preparation. A Digital Appellate Record may be created instead of a paper

record, with substantially the same content as its paper counterpart. The clerk of the

tribunal in which the proceeding originated is responsible for preparing the digital record,

if the clerk chooses to transmit a digital record in place of the paper version.

(b) Form of Record. The digital record must comply with the Digital Appellate

Record Standards posted on the Supreme Court of Virginia website.

( c ) Exhibits. Original exhibits should be scanned or imaged and retained by the

clerk of the tribunal. The omission of any exhibit that cannot be scanned or imaged must

be noted in a descriptive list of exhibits. On motion or sua sponte, this Court may order

the tribunal to transmit any retained exhibit.

(d) Transmission. The clerk of the tribunal must transmit the record to the clerk

of this Court in the manner prescribed by the Digital Appellate Record Standards, using

the Digital Records System created for this purpose. The same timing and dismissal rules

apply to transmissions of digital records as apply to their paper counterparts in Rule

5A:10 and 5A:11.

( e ) Disposition of Record. When the mandate is issued by this Court, the clerk of

this Court must return all tangible items, if any, to the clerk of the tribunal in which the

proceeding originated. The digital record will not be returned. If necessary, the record

must be re-sent by that clerk upon the request of the clerk of this Court.

(f) Public Record. The publicly available digital record is the digital document

prepared by the tribunal clerk with all information that is sealed or protected from public

disclosure by law redacted or excluded.