Fees

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This is Article 7 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Fees.” It is part of Chapter 2 “Clerks, Clerks' Offices and Records”, which is part of Title 17.1 “Courts of Record”.

It’s comprised of the following 42 sections.

§ 17.1-266	Services rendered in Commonwealth's cases
§ 17.1-267	Services for which clerks may not charge
§ 17.1-268	Fee for effort to serve when person cannot be found
§ 17.1-269	To whom fees charged
§ 17.1-270	Officer to state fees, etc., on affidavit, deposition or report
§ 17.1-271	Deposit of money in bank
§ 17.1-272	Process and service fees generally
§ 17.1-273	Establishment and disposition of fees collected by certain high constable
§ 17.1-274	Commission on forthcoming bond
§ 17.1-275	Fees collected by clerks of circuit courts; generally
§ 17.1-275.1	Fixed felony fee
§ 17.1-275.10	Additional fee
§ 17.1-275.11	Additional fee assessed for conviction of certain offenses
§ 17.1-275.11:1	Additional fee assessed for conviction requiring computer analysis
§ 17.1-275.12	Additional fee for Internet Crimes Against Children Fund
§ 17.1-275.13	Additional fee for offenses related to sex trafficking
§ 17.1-275.14	Additional fee for Virginia State Police Electronic Summons System Fund
§ 17.1-275.2	Fixed fee for felony reduced to misdemeanor
§ 17.1-275.3	Fixed felony revocation fee
§ 17.1-275.4	Fixed misdemeanor reduced from felony revocation fee
§ 17.1-275.5	Amounts to be added; judgment in favor of the Commonwealth
§ 17.1-275.6	Fees collected from court reporter fund
§ 17.1-275.7	Fixed misdemeanor fee
§ 17.1-275.8	Fixed drug misdemeanor fee
§ 17.1-275.9	Fixed misdemeanor revocation fee
§ 17.1-276	Fee allowed for providing secure remote access to land records
§ 17.1-277	Repealed
§ 17.1-278	Additional fees in certain courts; use by Virginia State Bar
§ 17.1-279	Additional fee to be assessed by circuit court clerks for information technology
§ 17.1-279.1	Additional assessment for electronic summons system
§ 17.1-280	What costs chargeable against prosecutor
§ 17.1-281	Assessment for courthouse construction, renovation or maintenance
§ 17.1-282	Reserved
§ 17.1-283	Statements required of clerks of courts of record; exceptions
§ 17.1-284	How excess payable into state or local treasury determined
§ 17.1-285	Payment of excess
§ 17.1-286	Disposition of state funds locally collected
§ 17.1-287	Salaries of clerks of circuit courts
§ 17.1-288	Compensation and expenses of clerks of circuit courts in Cities of Richmond and Newport News
§ 17.1-289	Commission on certain local collections not otherwise provided for
§ 17.1-290	Contracts by cities
§ 17.1-291	Penalty for officers