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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 139 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 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1978, chapter 117; in 1998, chapter 872<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 719<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":77548,"section_number":"2.2-614.1","catch_line":"Authority to accept revenue by commercially acceptable means; service charge; bad check charge","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-614.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":163067,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59898,"identifier":"17.1-222.1","token":"17.1\/2\/2\/17.1-222.1","url":"\/17.1-222.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-222.1\/","token":"17.1\/2\/2\/17.1-222.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Collection of fees, etc., by court clerks in lieu of money","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-222.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The clerks of the several courts<\/span> of the Commonwealth may, in lieu of money, collect or secure all fees, and fines and penalties collected for offenses<\/span> committed against the Commonwealth or against any county, city or town, and for payment of spousal or child support, by any means provided in \u00a7 2.2-614.1<\/a>. Such clerks shall not by virtue of acceptance of any such payment be held to be guarantors of the payment thereof, but they shall exercise ordinary care in such acceptance.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOLLECTION OF FEES, ETC., BY COURT CLERKS IN LIEU OF MONEY (\u00a7 17.1-222.1)\n\nThe clerks of the several courts of the Commonwealth may, in lieu of money,\ncollect or secure all fees, and fines and penalties collected for offenses\ncommitted against the Commonwealth or against any county, city or town, and for\npayment of spousal or child support, by any means provided in \u00a7 2.2-614.1. Such\nclerks shall not by virtue of acceptance of any such payment be held to be\nguarantors of the payment thereof, but they shall exercise ordinary care in such\nacceptance.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 139, \u00a7 14.1-3.1; 1978, c. 117; 1998, c. 872; 2002, c. 719.","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}}