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I, c. 56; 2022, Sp. Sess. I, c. 1.","full_text":"Fees in civil cases for services performed by the judges or clerks of general district courts or magistrates in the event any such services are performed by magistrates in civil cases shall be as provided in this section, and, unless otherwise provided, shall be included in the taxed costs and shall not be refundable, except in case of error or as herein provided.\n\t\tFor all court and magistrate services in each distress, detinue, interrogatory summons, unlawful detainer, civil warrant, notice of motion, garnishment, attachment issued, or other civil proceeding, the fee shall be $36. No such fee shall be collected (i) in any tax case instituted by any county, city or town or (ii) in any case instituted by a school board for collection of overdue book rental fees. Of the fees collected under this section, $10 of each such fee collected shall be apportioned to the Courts Technology Fund established under \u00a7 17.1-132.\n\t\tThe judge or clerk shall collect the foregoing fee at the time of issuing process. Any magistrate or other issuing officer shall collect the foregoing fee at the time of issuing process, and shall remit the entire fee promptly to the court to which such process is returnable, or to its clerk. When no service of process is had on a defendant named in any civil process other than a notice of motion for judgment, such process may be reissued once by the court or clerk at the court’s direction by changing the return day of such process, for which service by the court or clerk there shall be no charge; however, reissuance of such process shall be within three months after the original return day.\n\t\tThe clerk of any district court may charge a fee for making a copy of any paper of record to go out of his office which is not otherwise specifically provided for. The amount of this fee shall be set in the discretion of the clerk but shall not exceed $1 for the first two pages and $.50 for each page thereafter.\n\t\tThe fees prescribed in this section shall be the only fees charged in civil cases for services performed by such judges and clerks, and when the services referred to herein are performed by magistrates such fees shall be the only fees charged by such magistrates for the prescribed services.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":220731,"text":"Fees in civil cases for services performed by the judges or clerks of general district courts or magistrates in the event any such services are performed by magistrates in civil cases shall be as provided in this section, and, unless otherwise provided, shall be included in the taxed costs and shall not be refundable, except in case of error or as herein provided.\n\t\tFor all court and magistrate services in each distress, detinue, interrogatory summons, unlawful detainer, civil warrant, notice of motion, garnishment, attachment issued, or other civil proceeding, the fee shall be $36. No such fee shall be collected (i) in any tax case instituted by any county, city or town or (ii) in any case instituted by a school board for collection of overdue book rental fees. Of the fees collected under this section, $10 of each such fee collected shall be apportioned to the Courts Technology Fund established under \u00a7 17.1-132.\n\t\tThe judge or clerk shall collect the foregoing fee at the time of issuing process. Any magistrate or other issuing officer shall collect the foregoing fee at the time of issuing process, and shall remit the entire fee promptly to the court to which such process is returnable, or to its clerk. When no service of process is had on a defendant named in any civil process other than a notice of motion for judgment, such process may be reissued once by the court or clerk at the court’s direction by changing the return day of such process, for which service by the court or clerk there shall be no charge; however, reissuance of such process shall be within three months after the original return day.\n\t\tThe clerk of any district court may charge a fee for making a copy of any paper of record to go out of his office which is not otherwise specifically provided for. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 21 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 1954, chapter 287; in 1956, chapter 556; in 1958, chapter 555; in 1960, chapters 17 and 106; in 1964, chapter 386; in 1970, chapter 569; in 1973, chapter 545; in 1975, chapter 591; in 1982, chapter 569; in 1983, chapter 499; in 1984, chapters 293 and 702; in 1990, chapter 943; in 1991, chapter 577; in 1992, chapter 555; in 1997, chapter 42<\/a>; in 1998, chapter 872<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 1039<\/a>; in 2006, chapters 623<\/a> and 718<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 874<\/a>; in 2011, chapter 890<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 1289<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":56443,"section_number":"16.1-274","catch_line":"Time for filing of reports; copies furnished to attorneys; amended reports; fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-274\/"},{"id":87235,"section_number":"17.1-132","catch_line":"Courts Technology Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-132\/"},{"id":80536,"section_number":"17.1-278","catch_line":"Additional fees in certain courts; use by Virginia State Bar","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-278\/"},{"id":71930,"section_number":"8.01-506.2","catch_line":"Proceedings in court of county or city where execution debtor resides","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-506.2\/"},{"id":72009,"section_number":"8.01-511","catch_line":"Institution of garnishment proceedings","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-511\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":87235,"section_number":"17.1-132","catch_line":"Courts Technology Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-132\/"}],"permalink":{"id":162293,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60355,"identifier":"16.1-69.48:2","token":"16.1\/4.1\/5\/16.1-69.48_2","url":"\/16.1-69.48_2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-69.48_2\/","token":"16.1\/4.1\/5\/16.1-69.48_2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Fees for services of district court judges and clerks and magistrates in civil cases","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-69.48:2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Fees in civil cases for services performed by the judges<\/span> or clerks of general district courts<\/span> or magistrates<\/span> in the event any such services are performed by magistrates<\/span> in civil cases shall be as provided in this section, and, unless otherwise provided, shall be included in the taxed costs and shall not be refundable, except in case of error or as herein provided.\n\t\tFor all court<\/span> and magistrate<\/span> services in each distress, detinue, interrogatory<\/span> summons<\/span>, unlawful detainer<\/span>, civil warrant, notice of motion, garnishment<\/span>, attachment<\/span> issued, or other civil proceeding, the fee shall be $36. No such fee shall be collected (i) in any tax case instituted by any county, city or town or (ii) in any case instituted by a school board for collection of overdue book rental fees. Of the fees collected under this section, $10 of each such fee collected shall be apportioned to the Courts<\/span> Technology Fund established under \u00a7 17.1-132<\/a>.\n\t\tThe judge<\/span> or clerk shall collect the foregoing fee at the time of issuing process. Any magistrate<\/span> or other issuing officer shall collect the foregoing fee at the time of issuing process, and shall remit the entire fee promptly to the court<\/span> to which such process is returnable, or to its clerk. When no service of process<\/span> is had on a defendant<\/span> named in any civil process other than a notice of motion for judgment<\/span>, such process may be reissued once by the court<\/span> or clerk at the court<\/span>’s direction by changing the return day of such process, for which service by the court<\/span> or clerk there shall be no charge; however, reissuance of such process shall be within three months after the original return day.\n\t\tThe clerk of any district court<\/span> may charge a fee for making a copy of any paper of record to go out of his office which is not otherwise specifically provided for. The amount of this fee shall be set in the discretion of the clerk but shall not exceed $1 for the first two pages and $.50 for each page thereafter.\n\t\tThe fees prescribed in this section shall be the only fees charged in civil cases for services performed by such judges<\/span> and clerks, and when the services referred to herein are performed by magistrates<\/span> such fees shall be the only fees charged by such magistrates<\/span> for the prescribed services.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFEES FOR SERVICES OF DISTRICT COURT JUDGES AND CLERKS AND MAGISTRATES IN CIVIL\nCASES (\u00a7 16.1-69.48:2)\n\nFees in civil cases for services performed by the judges or clerks of general\ndistrict courts or magistrates in the event any such services are performed by\nmagistrates in civil cases shall be as provided in this section, and, unless\notherwise provided, shall be included in the taxed costs and shall not be\nrefundable, except in case of error or as herein provided.\n\t\tFor all court and magistrate services in each distress, detinue, interrogatory\nsummons, unlawful detainer, civil warrant, notice of motion, garnishment,\nattachment issued, or other civil proceeding, the fee shall be $36. No such fee\nshall be collected (i) in any tax case instituted by any county, city or town or\n(ii) in any case instituted by a school board for collection of overdue book\nrental fees. Of the fees collected under this section, $10 of each such fee\ncollected shall be apportioned to the Courts Technology Fund established under\n\u00a7 17.1-132.\n\t\tThe judge or clerk shall collect the foregoing fee at the time of issuing\nprocess. Any magistrate or other issuing officer shall collect the foregoing fee\nat the time of issuing process, and shall remit the entire fee promptly to the\ncourt to which such process is returnable, or to its clerk. When no service of\nprocess is had on a defendant named in any civil process other than a notice of\nmotion for judgment, such process may be reissued once by the court or clerk at\nthe court’s direction by changing the return day of such process, for\nwhich service by the court or clerk there shall be no charge; however,\nreissuance of such process shall be within three months after the original\nreturn day.\n\t\tThe clerk of any district court may charge a fee for making a copy of any\npaper of record to go out of his office which is not otherwise specifically\nprovided for. The amount of this fee shall be set in the discretion of the clerk\nbut shall not exceed $1 for the first two pages and $.50 for each page\nthereafter.\n\t\tThe fees prescribed in this section shall be the only fees charged in civil\ncases for services performed by such judges and clerks, and when the services\nreferred to herein are performed by magistrates such fees shall be the only fees\ncharged by such magistrates for the prescribed services.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 14-133; 1954, c. 287; 1956, c. 556; 1958, c. 555; 1960,\ncc. 17, 106; 1964, c. 386, \u00a7 14.1-125; 1970, c. 569; 1971, Ex. Sess., cc. 155,\n253; 1973, c. 545; 1975, c. 591; 1982, c. 569; 1983, c. 499; 1984, cc. 293, 702;\n1990, c. 943; 1991, c. 577; 1992, c. 555; 1997, c. 42; 1998, c. 872; 2003, c.\n1039; 2006, cc. 623, 718; 2010, c. 874; 2011, c. 890; 2020, c. 1289; 2020, Sp.\nSess. I, c. 56; 2022, Sp. Sess. 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