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All such officers and employees shall, however, continue to collect all fees and charges provided for by general law, shall keep a record thereof, and shall promptly transmit all such fees and charges collected to the director of finance, who shall promptly provide receipt therefor. Such officers shall also keep such other records as are required by \u00a7 17.1-283. All fees and commissions, which, but for this section, would be paid to such officers by the Commonwealth for services rendered shall be paid into the county treasury.\n\t\tAny excess of the fees collected by each of the officers mentioned in \u00a7 17.1-283 or collected by anyone exercising the powers of and performing the duties of any such officer, over (i) the allowance to which such officer would be entitled by general law but for the provisions of this section and (ii) expenses in such amount as allowed by the Compensation Board, shall be paid one third into the state treasury and two thirds to the county.\n\t\tAny county officer or employee who fails or refuses to collect any fee which is collectible and should be collected under the provisions of this section, or who fails or refuses to pay any fee so collected to the county as herein provided, shall upon conviction be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":209952,"text":"All county officers and employees shall be paid regular compensation and the fee system as a method of compensation in the county shall be abolished, except for those officers not affected by the adoption of this form of county organization and government. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1962, chapter 623; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":80073,"section_number":"17.1-283","catch_line":"Statements required of clerks of courts of record; exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-283\/"}],"permalink":{"id":151671,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57324,"identifier":"15.2-540","token":"15.2\/I\/5\/3\/15.2-540","url":"\/15.2-540\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-540\/","token":"15.2\/I\/5\/3\/15.2-540","dublin_core":{"Title":"Officers and employees to receive regular compensation; fee system abolished; collection and disposition of fees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-540","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All county<\/span> officers and employees shall be paid regular compensation and the fee system as a method of compensation in the county<\/span> shall be abolished, except for those officers not affected by the adoption of this form of county<\/span> organization and government. All such officers and employees shall, however, continue to collect all fees and charges provided for by general law<\/span>, shall keep a record thereof, and shall promptly transmit all such fees and charges collected to the director of finance, who shall promptly provide receipt therefor. Such officers shall also keep such other records as are required by \u00a7 17.1-283<\/a>. All fees and commissions, which, but for this section, would be paid to such officers by the Commonwealth for services rendered shall be paid into the county<\/span> treasury.\n\t\tAny excess of the fees collected by each of the officers mentioned in \u00a7 17.1-283<\/a> or collected by anyone exercising the powers of and performing the duties of any such officer, over (i) the allowance to which such officer would be entitled by general law<\/span> but for the provisions of this section and (ii) expenses in such amount as allowed by the Compensation Board, shall be paid one third into the state treasury and two thirds to the county<\/span>.\n\t\tAny county<\/span> officer or employee who fails or refuses to collect any fee which is collectible and should be collected under the provisions of this section, or who fails or refuses to pay any fee so collected to the county<\/span> as herein provided, shall upon conviction<\/span> be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES TO RECEIVE REGULAR COMPENSATION; FEE SYSTEM ABOLISHED;\nCOLLECTION AND DISPOSITION OF FEES (\u00a7 15.2-540)\n\nAll county officers and employees shall be paid regular compensation and the fee\nsystem as a method of compensation in the county shall be abolished, except for\nthose officers not affected by the adoption of this form of county organization\nand government. All such officers and employees shall, however, continue to\ncollect all fees and charges provided for by general law, shall keep a record\nthereof, and shall promptly transmit all such fees and charges collected to the\ndirector of finance, who shall promptly provide receipt therefor. Such officers\nshall also keep such other records as are required by \u00a7 17.1-283. All fees and\ncommissions, which, but for this section, would be paid to such officers by the\nCommonwealth for services rendered shall be paid into the county treasury.\n\t\tAny excess of the fees collected by each of the officers mentioned in \u00a7\n17.1-283 or collected by anyone exercising the powers of and performing the\nduties of any such officer, over (i) the allowance to which such officer would\nbe entitled by general law but for the provisions of this section and (ii)\nexpenses in such amount as allowed by the Compensation Board, shall be paid one\nthird into the state treasury and two thirds to the county.\n\t\tAny county officer or employee who fails or refuses to collect any fee which\nis collectible and should be collected under the provisions of this section, or\nwho fails or refuses to pay any fee so collected to the county as herein\nprovided, shall upon conviction be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-302; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-619; 1997, c. 587.","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}}