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Clerk warns law-library needs, records-sealing work could raise costs after state changes
Summary
The circuit court clerk told Warren County supervisors the law library and public access to court files face new burdens from state sealing/expungement rules, and asked the county to fund partitions, books and chairs while staff await clarification on fees and record-access rules from the state and compensation board assistance.
The circuit court clerk told the Warren County Board of Supervisors during a budget work session that new state sealing and expungement requirements have forced a re-think of how court records and the law library are handled and funded.
The clerk said staff need partitions to block access to sealed files and provided a Miller's Hardware estimate for partition purchases; she also requested replacement of 25 law-library chairs that went missing during COVID and recent trial use. “I have an estimate on the partitions which was included in my upload,” she said, noting she contacted Elizabeth Kilmer and the county’s preferred vendor. She described ongoing annual maintenance costs for the Code of…
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