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This law was first created in 1976. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 69 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. Unfortunately, the 1976 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":154699,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74605,"identifier":"15.2-2139","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/5\/15.2-2139","url":"\/15.2-2139\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2139\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/5\/15.2-2139","dublin_core":{"Title":"Special court; costs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2139","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The costs in the proceedings before the special court shall be paid by the party<\/span> instituting the proceedings and shall be the same as in other civil cases; the costs shall also include the per diem and expenses of the court reporter<\/span>, if any, and, in the discretion of the court, a reasonable allowance to the court for secretarial services in connection with the preparation of the written opinion<\/span>. In the event of an appeal<\/span>, the Court of Appeals<\/span> shall determine by whom the appellate<\/span> costs shall be paid. If an appeal<\/span> is taken from the judgment<\/span> of the Court of Appeals<\/span>, the Supreme Court, in matters in which it grants the petition<\/span> for appeal<\/span>, shall determine by whom the appellate<\/span> costs shall be paid.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSPECIAL COURT; COSTS (\u00a7 15.2-2139)\n\nThe costs in the proceedings before the special court shall be paid by the party\ninstituting the proceedings and shall be the same as in other civil cases; the\ncosts shall also include the per diem and expenses of the court reporter, if\nany, and, in the discretion of the court, a reasonable allowance to the court\nfor secretarial services in connection with the preparation of the written\nopinion. In the event of an appeal, the Court of Appeals shall determine by whom\nthe appellate costs shall be paid. If an appeal is taken from the judgment of\nthe Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court, in matters in which it grants the\npetition for appeal, shall determine by whom the appellate costs shall be paid.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 69, \u00a7 15.1-37.1:5; 1997, c. 587; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 489.","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}}