As used in this Part Eleven:
(a) "Administrative record" means any document, information, data, or other item created, collected, received, or maintained by the Virginia Judiciary pertaining to the administration of the judicial branch of government and not associated with any particular case.(b) "Case record" means any document, information, data, or other item created, collected, received, or maintained by clerks of court in connection with a particular case, including the information and records in a case management system, or online case information system, maintained by the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia.(c) "Court personnel," for purposes of these Rules, means all persons employed by (i) the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia; (ii) a court of record, as defined in Virginia Code § 1-212, except for the clerks of those courts and their employees; (iii) a court not of record, as defined in Virginia Code § 16.1-69.5, except for the clerks of those courts and their employees; and (iv) all other persons working under the supervision of any judicial officer, judge or justice of any Virginia court.(d) Judicial officer" means any justice, judge, or magistrate, including active, retired and senior justices and judges of any court of record, as defined in Va. Code § 1-212, and any court not of record, as defined in Va. Code § 16.1-69.5, substitute judges appointed pursuant to Va. Code § 16.1-69.9:1, special justices appointed pursuant to Va. Code § 37.2-803, judges pro tempore authorized under Va. Code § 17.1-109, Commissioners in Chancery appointed pursuant to Va. Code § 8.01-607, and Commissioners of Accounts appointed pursuant to Va. Code § 64.2- 1200.(e) "Sealed" means access to the record is restricted to the judge, court personnel as required to perform their official duties, and persons authorized by law or written order of the court.(f) Virginia Judiciary" includes all judicial officers, the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia, all district courts, all circuit courts, the Court of Appeals of Virginia, the Supreme Court of Virginia, the State Law Library, the Judicial Conference of Virginia, the Judicial Conference of Virginia for District Courts, the Judicial Council, the Committee on District Courts, and all work groups, advisory committees, commissions and any other committees or subcommittees of any of these entities. For purposes of these Rules, "Virginia Judiciary" does not include the clerks of the courts of record, as defined in Virginia Code § 1-212, and clerks of the courts not of record, as defined in Virginia Code § 16.1-69.5. Adopted April 18, 2019, effective 6/17/2019; amended by order dated September 3, 2020, effective 9/3/2020; amended by order dated November 23, 2020, effective 3/1/2021; amended by order dated November 9, 2021, effective 11/9/2021.