CODE OF VIRGINIA NO JUDGMENT FOR COSTS AGAINST COMMONWEALTH; EXCEPTION (§ 17.1-629) In no case, civil or criminal, whether in a court of record or a court not of record, except when otherwise specially provided, shall there be a judgment for costs against the Commonwealth. HISTORY: Code 1950, § 14-197; 1964, c. 386, § 14.1-201; 1998, c. 872.