Any pleading to be filed in any court may be sworn to before the clerk or any officer authorized to administer oath thereof. Filing of Pleadings; Return of Certain Writs.(a) Filing Generally. Rule - General Provisions as to Pleadings (a)Pleadings. Registered users can submit all case filings electronically to the SCV and the CAV through the VACES. Fill in the Certificate of Service and take or mail the Praecipe to the Circuit. Court Clerk's office at least 10 days prior to the Docket Call date. Friend's Virginia Pleading and Practice. Filing Civil Court Cases. Any documentation submitted with a pleading must be attached to the pleading and referred to in the pleading. Ghostwriting. Certificate.