CODE OF VIRGINIA

FEES AND REWARDS (§ 52-10)

No court in the Commonwealth shall in any case, in which a fine is assessed for
the violation of any law of the Commonwealth, or any subdivision thereof,
assess, as a part of the cost of the case any fee for arrest, or as a witness,
for the benefit of any police officer of the Department of State Police; nor
shall any such police officer receive any such fee. Any such police officer who
accepts or receives any such fee shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be
punished by a fine of not more than $ 100, and in addition the Superintendent
may remove him therefor. But such officers are not prohibited from accepting or
receiving rewards.

HISTORY: 1932, p. 617; 1934, p. 277; Michie Code 1942, § 2154(53); 1944, p.
204; R.P. 1948,§ 52-10; 2005, c. 839.