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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 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 the provisions of this section, would be paid to such officers by the Commonwealth for services rendered shall be paid to the county treasury.\n\t\tThe excess, if any, 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 the other 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":207015,"text":"All county officers and employees shall be paid regular compensation. The fee system as a method of compensation in the county shall be abolished, except for officers not affected by the adoption of this form of county organization and government. 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 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 the provisions of this section, would be paid to such officers by the Commonwealth for services rendered shall be paid to the county treasury.\n\t\tThe excess, if any, 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 the other 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.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13632,"edition_id":1,"name":"Departments; 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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 <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">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":151851,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56559,"identifier":"15.2-639","token":"15.2\/I\/6\/3\/15.2-639","url":"\/15.2-639\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-639\/","token":"15.2\/I\/6\/3\/15.2-639","dublin_core":{"Title":"Compensation; fee system abolished","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-639","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>All <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> officers and employees shall be paid regular compensation. The fee system as a method of compensation in the <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> shall be abolished, except for officers not affected by the adoption of this form of <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> organization and government. All such officers and employees shall, however, continue to collect all fees and charges provided for by general <span class=\"dictionary\">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 receipt therefor. Such officers shall also keep such other records as are required by \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Statements required of clerks of courts of record; exceptions\" href=\"\/17.1-283\/\">17.1-283<\/a>. All fees and commissions which, but for the provisions of this section, would be paid to such officers by the Commonwealth for services rendered shall be paid to the <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> treasury.\n\t\tThe excess, if any, of the fees collected by each of the officers mentioned in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Statements required of clerks of courts of record; exceptions\" href=\"\/17.1-283\/\">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 <span class=\"dictionary\">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 the other two thirds to the <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span>.\n\t\tAny <span class=\"dictionary\">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 <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> as herein provided, shall upon <span class=\"dictionary\">conviction<\/span> be deemed guilty of a <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMPENSATION; FEE SYSTEM ABOLISHED (\u00a7 15.2-639)\n\nAll county officers and employees shall be paid regular compensation. The fee\nsystem as a method of compensation in the county shall be abolished, except for\nofficers not affected by the adoption of this form of county organization and\ngovernment. All such officers and employees shall, however, continue to collect\nall fees and charges provided for by general law, shall keep a record thereof,\nand shall promptly transmit all such fees and charges collected to the director\nof finance, who shall promptly receipt therefor. Such officers shall also keep\nsuch other records as are required by \u00a7 17.1-283. All fees and commissions\nwhich, but for the provisions of this section, would be paid to such officers by\nthe Commonwealth for services rendered shall be paid to the county treasury.\n\t\tThe excess, if any, of the fees collected by each of the officers mentioned in\n\u00a7 17.1-283 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 the other 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 15-334; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-657; 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}}