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The ordinance may further provide that a person convicted of violating any of the following provisions shall, at the time of sentencing or in a separate civil action, be liable to the locality or to any responding volunteer fire or volunteer emergency medical services agency, or both, for restitution of reasonable expenses incurred by the locality when issuing any related arrest warrant or summons, including the expenses incurred by the sheriff’s office of such locality, or by any volunteer fire or volunteer emergency medical services agency, or by any combination of the foregoing:1\n\nThe provisions of § 18.2-36.1, 18.2-51.4, 18.2-266, 18.2-266.1, 29.1-738, 29.1-738.02, or 46.2-341.24, or a similar ordinance, when such operation of a motor vehicle, engine, train or watercraft while so impaired is the proximate cause of the accident or incident;2\n\nThe provisions of Article 7 (§ 46.2-852 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 46.2 relating to reckless driving, when such reckless driving is the proximate cause of the accident or incident;3\n\nThe provisions of Article 1 (§ 46.2-300 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 46.2 relating to driving without a license or driving with a suspended or revoked license; and4\n\nThe provisions of § 46.2-894 relating to improperly leaving the scene of an accident.B\n\nPersonal liability under this section for reasonable expenses of an appropriate emergency response pursuant to subsection A shall not exceed $1,000 in the aggregate for a particular accident, arrest, or incident occurring in such locality. In determining the “reasonable expenses,” a locality may bill a flat fee of $350 or a minute-by-minute accounting of the actual costs incurred. As used in this section, “appropriate emergency response” includes all costs of providing law-enforcement, firefighting, and emergency medical services. The court may order as restitution the reasonable expenses incurred by the locality for responding law enforcement, firefighting, and emergency medical services. The provisions of this section shall not preempt or limit any remedy available to the Commonwealth, to the locality, or to any volunteer emergency medical services agency to recover the reasonable expenses of an emergency response to an accident or incident not involving impaired driving, operation of a vehicle, or other conduct as set forth herein.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":265020,"text":"Any locality may provide by ordinance that a person convicted of violating any of the following provisions shall, at the time of sentencing or in a separate civil action, be liable to the locality or to any responding volunteer fire company or department or volunteer emergency medical services agency, or both, for restitution of reasonable expenses incurred by the locality for responding law enforcement, firefighting, and emergency medical services, including those incurred by the sheriff’s office of such locality, or by any volunteer fire or volunteer emergency medical services agency, or by any combination of the foregoing, when providing an appropriate emergency response to any accident or incident related to such violation. The ordinance may further provide that a person convicted of violating any of the following provisions shall, at the time of sentencing or in a separate civil action, be liable to the locality or to any responding volunteer fire or volunteer emergency medical services agency, or both, for restitution of reasonable expenses incurred by the locality when issuing any related arrest warrant or summons, including the expenses incurred by the sheriff’s office of such locality, or by any volunteer fire or volunteer emergency medical services agency, or by any combination of the foregoing:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":265021,"text":"The provisions of § 18.2-36.1, 18.2-51.4, 18.2-266, 18.2-266.1, 29.1-738, 29.1-738.02, or 46.2-341.24, or a similar ordinance, when such operation of a motor vehicle, engine, train or watercraft while so impaired is the proximate cause of the accident or incident;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":265022,"text":"The provisions of Article 7 (§ 46.2-852 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 46.2 relating to reckless driving, when such reckless driving is the proximate cause of the accident or incident;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"A3"},"3":{"id":265023,"text":"The provisions of Article 1 (§ 46.2-300 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 46.2 relating to driving without a license or driving with a suspended or revoked license; and","type":"section","prefixes":["A","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"A3","prefix_anchor":"A3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"A4"},"4":{"id":265024,"text":"The provisions of § 46.2-894 relating to improperly leaving the scene of an accident.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"A4","prefix_anchor":"A4","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A3","next_prefix":"B"},"5":{"id":265025,"text":"Personal liability under this section for reasonable expenses of an appropriate emergency response pursuant to subsection A shall not exceed $1,000 in the aggregate for a particular accident, arrest, or incident occurring in such locality. In determining the “reasonable expenses,” a locality may bill a flat fee of $350 or a minute-by-minute accounting of the actual costs incurred. As used in this section, “appropriate emergency response” includes all costs of providing law-enforcement, firefighting, and emergency medical services. The court may order as restitution the reasonable expenses incurred by the locality for responding law enforcement, firefighting, and emergency medical services. The provisions of this section shall not preempt or limit any remedy available to the Commonwealth, to the locality, or to any volunteer emergency medical services agency to recover the reasonable expenses of an emergency response to an accident or incident not involving impaired driving, operation of a vehicle, or other conduct as set forth herein.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A4"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13483,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Provisions","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13482,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:59","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:59","permalink":{"id":153749,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13483,"identifier":"1","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/1","url":"\/15.2\/II\/17\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13482,"edition_id":1,"name":"Police and Public Order","identifier":"17","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12733,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:59","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:59","permalink":{"id":153747,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13482,"identifier":"17","token":"15.2\/II\/17","url":"\/15.2\/II\/17\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12733,"edition_id":1,"name":"Powers of Local Government","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12720,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","permalink":{"id":152369,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12733,"identifier":"II","token":"15.2\/II","url":"\/15.2\/II\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12720,"edition_id":1,"name":"Counties, Cities and Towns","identifier":"15.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":151279,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12720,"identifier":"15.2","token":"15.2","url":"\/15.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":59436,"structure_id":13483,"section_number":"15.2-1700","catch_line":"Preservation of peace and good order","url":"\/15.2-1700\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/1\/15.2-1700","metadata":false},{"id":82838,"structure_id":13483,"section_number":"15.2-1701","catch_line":"Organization of police forces","url":"\/15.2-1701\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/1\/15.2-1701","metadata":false},{"id":73443,"structure_id":13483,"section_number":"15.2-1702","catch_line":"Referendum required prior to establishment of county police force","url":"\/15.2-1702\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/1\/15.2-1702","metadata":false},{"id":81008,"structure_id":13483,"section_number":"15.2-1703","catch_line":"Referendum to abolish county police force","url":"\/15.2-1703\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/1\/15.2-1703","metadata":false},{"id":74490,"structure_id":13483,"section_number":"15.2-1704","catch_line":"Powers and duties of police force","url":"\/15.2-1704\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/1\/15.2-1704","metadata":false},{"id":78495,"structure_id":13483,"section_number":"15.2-1705","catch_line":"Minimum qualifications; 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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 617<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 10 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1995, chapters 683<\/a>, 685<\/a>, and 830<\/a>; in 1997, chapters 587<\/a> and 691<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 505<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 796<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 273<\/a>; in 2005, chapters 148<\/a> and 366<\/a>; in 2006, chapter 679<\/a>; in 2009, chapter 245<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 343<\/a>; in 2015, chapters 502<\/a> and 503<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":76579,"section_number":"46.2-364","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-364\/"},{"id":57149,"section_number":"46.2-417","catch_line":"Suspension for failure to satisfy motor vehicle accident judgment; exceptions; insurance in liquidated company; insurer obligated to pay judgment","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-417\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":67410,"section_number":"18.2-266","catch_line":"Driving motor vehicle, engine, etc., while intoxicated, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-266\/"},{"id":63203,"section_number":"18.2-266.1","catch_line":"Persons under age 21 driving after illegally consuming alcohol; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-266.1\/"},{"id":67930,"section_number":"18.2-36.1","catch_line":"Certain conduct punishable as involuntary manslaughter","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-36.1\/"},{"id":54708,"section_number":"18.2-51.4","catch_line":"Maiming, etc., of another resulting from driving while intoxicated","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-51.4\/"},{"id":87020,"section_number":"29.1-738","catch_line":"Operating boat or manipulating water skis, etc., in reckless manner or while intoxicated, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-738\/"},{"id":60518,"section_number":"29.1-738.02","catch_line":"Persons under age twenty-one operating watercraft after illegally consuming alcohol; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-738.02\/"},{"id":61610,"section_number":"46.2-300","catch_line":"Driving without license prohibited; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-300\/"},{"id":67312,"section_number":"46.2-341.24","catch_line":"Driving a commercial motor vehicle while intoxicated, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-341.24\/"},{"id":81167,"section_number":"46.2-852","catch_line":"Reckless driving; general rule","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-852\/"},{"id":56513,"section_number":"46.2-894","catch_line":"Duty of driver to stop, etc., in event of accident involving injury or death or damage to attended property; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-894\/"}],"permalink":{"id":153823,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73688,"identifier":"15.2-1716","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/1\/15.2-1716","url":"\/15.2-1716\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1716\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/1\/15.2-1716","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reimbursement of expenses incurred in responding to DUI and related incidents","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1716","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any locality<\/span> may provide by ordinance<\/span> that a person convicted of violating any of the following provisions shall, at the time of sentencing or in a separate civil action<\/span>, be liable to the locality<\/span> or to any responding volunteer fire company or department or volunteer emergency medical services agency, or both, for restitution<\/span> of reasonable expenses incurred by the locality<\/span> for responding law<\/span> enforcement, firefighting, and emergency medical services, including those incurred by the sheriff’s office of such locality<\/span>, or by any volunteer fire or volunteer emergency medical services agency, or by any combination of the foregoing, when providing an appropriate emergency response<\/span> to any accident or incident related to such violation. The ordinance<\/span> may further provide that a person convicted of violating any of the following provisions shall, at the time of sentencing or in a separate civil action<\/span>, be liable to the locality<\/span> or to any responding volunteer fire or volunteer emergency medical services agency, or both, for restitution<\/span> of reasonable expenses incurred by the locality<\/span> when issuing any related arrest<\/span> warrant or summons<\/span>, including the expenses incurred by the sheriff’s office of such locality<\/span>, or by any volunteer fire or volunteer emergency medical services agency, or by any combination of the foregoing: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The provisions of § 18.2-36.1<\/a>, 18.2-51.4<\/a>, 18.2-266<\/a>, 18.2-266.1<\/a>, 29.1-738<\/a>, 29.1-738.02<\/a>, or 46.2-341.24<\/a>, or a similar ordinance<\/span>, when such operation of a motor vehicle, engine, train or watercraft while so impaired is the proximate cause of the accident or incident; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The provisions of Article 7 (§ 46.2-852<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 46.2 relating to reckless driving<\/span>, when such reckless driving<\/span> is the proximate cause of the accident or incident; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The provisions of Article 1 (§ 46.2-300<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 46.2 relating to driving without a license or driving with a suspended or revoked license; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> The provisions of § 46.2-894<\/a> relating to improperly leaving the scene of an accident. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Personal liability under this section for reasonable expenses of an appropriate emergency response<\/span> pursuant to subsection A shall not exceed $1,000 in the aggregate for a particular accident, arrest<\/span>, or incident occurring in such locality<\/span>. In determining the “reasonable expenses,” a locality<\/span> may bill a flat fee of $350 or a minute-by-minute accounting of the actual costs incurred. As used in this section, “appropriate emergency response<\/span>” includes all costs of providing law<\/span>-enforcement, firefighting, and emergency medical services. The court<\/span> may order<\/span> as restitution<\/span> the reasonable expenses incurred by the locality<\/span> for responding law<\/span> enforcement, firefighting, and emergency medical services. The provisions of this section shall not preempt or limit any remedy available to the Commonwealth, to the locality<\/span>, or to any volunteer emergency medical services agency to recover the reasonable expenses of an emergency response to an accident or incident not involving impaired driving, operation of a vehicle, or other conduct as set forth herein. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES INCURRED IN RESPONDING TO DUI AND RELATED INCIDENTS\n(\u00a7 15.2-1716)\n\nA. Any locality may provide by ordinance that a person convicted of violating\nany of the following provisions shall, at the time of sentencing or in a\nseparate civil action, be liable to the locality or to any responding volunteer\nfire company or department or volunteer emergency medical services agency, or\nboth, for restitution of reasonable expenses incurred by the locality for\nresponding law enforcement, firefighting, and emergency medical services,\nincluding those incurred by the sheriff’s office of such locality, or by\nany volunteer fire or volunteer emergency medical services agency, or by any\ncombination of the foregoing, when providing an appropriate emergency response\nto any accident or incident related to such violation. The ordinance may further\nprovide that a person convicted of violating any of the following provisions\nshall, at the time of sentencing or in a separate civil action, be liable to the\nlocality or to any responding volunteer fire or volunteer emergency medical\nservices agency, or both, for restitution of reasonable expenses incurred by the\nlocality when issuing any related arrest warrant or summons, including the\nexpenses incurred by the sheriff’s office of such locality, or by any\nvolunteer fire or volunteer emergency medical services agency, or by any\ncombination of the foregoing:\n\n 1. The provisions of § 18.2-36.1, 18.2-51.4, 18.2-266, 18.2-266.1,\n 29.1-738, 29.1-738.02, or 46.2-341.24, or a similar ordinance, when such\n operation of a motor vehicle, engine, train or watercraft while so impaired is\n the proximate cause of the accident or incident;\n\n 2. The provisions of Article 7 (§ 46.2-852 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title\n 46.2 relating to reckless driving, when such reckless driving is the proximate\n cause of the accident or incident;\n\n 3. The provisions of Article 1 (§ 46.2-300 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title\n 46.2 relating to driving without a license or driving with a suspended or\n revoked license; and\n\n 4. The provisions of § 46.2-894 relating to improperly leaving the scene\n of an accident.\n\nB. Personal liability under this section for reasonable expenses of an\nappropriate emergency response pursuant to subsection A shall not exceed $1,000\nin the aggregate for a particular accident, arrest, or incident occurring in\nsuch locality. In determining the “reasonable expenses,” a locality\nmay bill a flat fee of $350 or a minute-by-minute accounting of the actual costs\nincurred. As used in this section, “appropriate emergency response”\nincludes all costs of providing law-enforcement, firefighting, and emergency\nmedical services. The court may order as restitution the reasonable expenses\nincurred by the locality for responding law enforcement, firefighting, and\nemergency medical services. The provisions of this section shall not preempt or\nlimit any remedy available to the Commonwealth, to the locality, or to any\nvolunteer emergency medical services agency to recover the reasonable expenses\nof an emergency response to an accident or incident not involving impaired\ndriving, operation of a vehicle, or other conduct as set forth herein.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 617, \u00a7 15.1-132.1; 1995, cc. 683, 685, 830; 1997, cc. 587,\n691; 2001, c. 505; 2003, c. 796; 2004, c. 273; 2005, cc. 148, 366; 2006, c. 679;\n2009, c. 245; 2010, c. 343; 2015, cc. 502, 503.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}