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Sess., c. 95; 1972, cc. 626, 627, 647; 1973, c. 159; 1974, cc. 370, 523; 1975, c. 226; 1976, c. 344; 1977, cc. 449, 463; 1978, c. 502; 1980, c. 145; 1983, c. 103; 1984, cc. 225, 356; 1985, cc. 94, 201; 1986, c. 538; 1988, cc. 49, 52; 1989, c. 595; 1990, cc. 88, 738, 971; 1992, c. 784; 1993, cc. 95, 299, 386; 1994, cc. 64, 432, 498, 842; 1995, cc. 51, 371, 440, 463, 525, \u00a7 14.1-111.1; 1996, cc. 344, 976; 1997, cc. 215, 921; 1998, cc. 783, 840, 872; 1999, cc. 9, 1003; 2000, cc. 826, 830; 2001, cc. 481, 496, 501, 836; 2002, cc. 831, 832; 2004, c. 1004; 2005, cc. 373, 681; 2006, cc. 318, 623, 718, 825; 2007, cc. 548, 626, 646; 2009, c. 594; 2010, c. 874; 2011, cc. 707, 890; 2012, cc. 420, 714, 780; 2013, c. 263; 2014, c. 282; 2015, c. 641; 2017, c. 200; 2020, cc. 68, 69, 589, 653; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 427; 2022, c. 377.","full_text":"A\n\nA clerk of a circuit court shall, for services performed by virtue of his office, charge the following fees:1\n\n[Repealed.]2\n\nFor recording and indexing in the proper book any writing and all matters therewith, or for recording and indexing anything not otherwise provided for, $18 for an instrument or document consisting of 10 or fewer pages or sheets; $32 for an instrument or document consisting of 11 to 30 pages or sheets; and $52 for an instrument or document consisting of 31 or more pages or sheets. Whenever any writing to be recorded includes plat or map sheets no larger than eight and one-half inches by 14 inches, such plat or map sheets shall be counted as ordinary pages for the purpose of computing the recording fee due pursuant to this section. A fee of $17 per page or sheet shall be charged with respect to plat or map sheets larger than eight and one-half inches by 14 inches. Only a single fee as authorized by this subdivision shall be charged for recording a certificate of satisfaction that releases the original deed of trust and any corrected or revised deeds of trust. Three dollars and fifty cents of the fee collected for recording and indexing shall be designated for use in preserving the permanent records of the circuit courts. The sum collected for this purpose shall be administered by The Library of Virginia in cooperation with the circuit court clerks.3\n\nFor appointing and qualifying any personal representative, committee, trustee, guardian, or other fiduciary, in addition to any fees for recording allowed by this section, $20 for estates not exceeding $50,000, $25 for estates not exceeding $100,000 and $30 for estates exceeding $100,000. No fee shall be charged for estates of $5,000 or less.4\n\nFor entering and granting and for issuing any license, other than a marriage license or a hunting and fishing license, and administering an oath when necessary, $10.5\n\nFor issuing a marriage license, attaching certificate, administering or receiving all necessary oaths or affidavits, indexing and recording, $10. For recording an order to celebrate the rites of marriage pursuant to § 20-25, $25 to be paid by the petitioner.6\n\nFor making out any bond, other than those under § 17.1-267 or subdivision A 4, administering all necessary oaths and writing proper affidavits, $3.7\n\nFor all services rendered by the clerk in any garnishment or attachment proceeding, the clerk’s fee shall be $15 in cases not exceeding $500 and $25 in all other cases.8\n\nFor making out a copy of any paper, record, or electronic record to go out of the office, which is not otherwise specifically provided for herein, a fee of $0.50 for each page or, if an electronic record, each image. From such fees, the clerk shall reimburse the locality the costs of making out the copies and pay the remaining fees directly to the Commonwealth. The funds to recoup the cost of making out the copies shall be deposited with the county or city treasurer or Director of Finance, and the governing body shall budget and appropriate such funds to be used to support the cost of copies pursuant to this subdivision. For purposes of this section, the costs of making out the copies authorized under this section shall include costs included in the lease and maintenance agreements for the equipment and the technology needed to operate electronic systems in the clerk’s office used to make out the copies, but shall not include salaries or related benefits. The costs of copies shall otherwise be determined in accordance with § 2.2-3704. However, there shall be no charge to the recipient of a final order or decree to send an attested copy to such party.9\n\nFor annexing the seal of the court to any paper, writing the certificate of the clerk accompanying it, the clerk shall charge $2 and for attaching the certificate of the judge, if the clerk is requested to do so, the clerk shall charge an additional $0.50.10\n\nIn any case in which a person is convicted of a violation of any provision of Article 1 (§ 18.2-247 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 or is subject to a disposition under § 18.2-251, the clerk shall assess a fee of $150 for each felony conviction and each felony disposition under § 18.2-251 which shall be taxed as costs to the defendant and shall be paid into the Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund.11\n\nIn any case in which a person is convicted of a violation of any provision of Article 1 (§ 18.2-247 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 or is subject to a disposition under § 18.2-251, the clerk shall assess a fee for each misdemeanor conviction and each misdemeanor disposition under § 18.2-251, which shall be taxed as costs to the defendant and shall be paid into the Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund as provided in § 17.1-275.8.12\n\nUpon the defendant’s being required to successfully complete traffic school, a mature driver motor vehicle crash prevention course, or a driver improvement clinic in lieu of a finding of guilty, the court shall charge the defendant fees and costs as if he had been convicted.13\n\nIn all civil actions that include one or more claims for the award of monetary damages the clerk’s fee chargeable to the plaintiff shall be $100 in cases seeking recovery not exceeding $49,999; $200 in cases seeking recovery exceeding $49,999, but not exceeding $100,000; $250 in cases seeking recovery exceeding $100,000, but not exceeding $500,000; and $300 in cases seeking recovery exceeding $500,000. Ten dollars of each such fee shall be apportioned to the Courts Technology Fund established under § 17.1-132. A fee of $25 shall be paid by the plaintiff at the time of instituting a condemnation case, in lieu of any other fees. There shall be no fee charged for the filing of a cross-claim or setoff in any pending action. However, the fees prescribed by this subdivision shall be charged upon the filing of a counterclaim or a claim impleading a third-party defendant. The fees prescribed above shall be collected upon the filing of papers for the commencement of civil actions. This subdivision shall not be applicable to cases filed in the Supreme Court of Virginia.\n\t\t\t\t13a. For the filing of any petition seeking court approval of a settlement where no action has yet been filed, the clerk’s fee, chargeable to the petitioner, shall be $50, to be paid by the petitioner at the time of filing the petition.14\n\nIn addition to the fees chargeable for civil actions, for the costs of proceedings for judgments by confession under §§ 8.01-432 through 8.01-440, the clerk shall tax as costs (i) the cost of registered or certified mail; (ii) the statutory writ tax, in the amount required by law to be paid on a suit for the amount of the confessed judgment; (iii) for the sheriff for serving each copy of the order entering judgment, $12; and (iv) for docketing the judgment and issuing executions thereon, the same fees as prescribed in subdivision A 17.15\n\nFor qualifying notaries public, including the making out of the bond and any copies thereof, administering the necessary oaths, and entering the order, $10.16\n\nFor each habeas corpus proceeding, the clerk shall receive $10 for all services required thereunder. This subdivision shall not be applicable to such suits filed in the Supreme Court of Virginia.17\n\nFor docketing and indexing a judgment from any other court of the Commonwealth, for docketing and indexing a judgment in the new name of a judgment debtor pursuant to the provisions of § 8.01-451, but not when incident to a divorce, for noting and filing the assignment of a judgment pursuant to § 8.01-452, a fee of $5; and for issuing an abstract of any recorded judgment, when proper to do so, a fee of $5; and for filing, docketing, indexing and mailing notice of a foreign judgment, a fee of $20.18\n\nFor all services rendered by the clerk in any court proceeding for which no specific fee is provided by law, the clerk shall charge $10, to be paid by the party filing said papers at the time of filing; however, this subdivision shall not be applicable in a divorce cause prior to and including the entry of a decree of divorce from the bond of matrimony.\n\t\t\t\t19, 20. [Repealed.]21\n\nFor making the endorsements on a forthcoming bond and recording the matters relating to such bond pursuant to the provisions of § 8.01-529, $1.22\n\nFor all services rendered by the clerk in any proceeding pursuant to § 57-8 or 57-15, $10.23\n\nFor preparation and issuance of a subpoena duces tecum, $5.24\n\nFor all services rendered by the clerk in matters under § 8.01-217 relating to change of name, $20; however, this subdivision shall not be applicable in cases where the change of name is incident to a divorce.25\n\nFor providing court records or documents on microfilm, per frame, $0.50.26\n\nIn all divorce and separate maintenance proceedings, and all civil actions that do not include one or more claims for the award of monetary damages, the clerk’s fee chargeable to the plaintiff shall be $60, $10 of which shall be apportioned to the Courts Technology Fund established under § 17.1-132 to be paid by the plaintiff at the time of instituting the suit, which shall include the furnishing of a duly certified copy of the final decree. The fees prescribed by this subdivision shall be charged upon the filing of a counterclaim or a claim impleading a third-party defendant. However, no fee shall be charged for (i) the filing of a cross-claim or setoff in any pending suit or (ii) the filing of a counterclaim or any other responsive pleading in any annulment, divorce, or separate maintenance proceeding. In divorce cases, when there is a merger of a divorce of separation a mensa et thoro into a decree of divorce a vinculo, the above mentioned fee shall include the furnishing of a duly certified copy of both such decrees.27\n\nFor the acceptance of credit or debit cards in lieu of money to collect and secure all fees, including filing fees, fines, restitution, forfeiture, penalties and costs, the clerk shall collect from the person presenting such credit or debit card a reasonable convenience fee for the processing of such credit or debit card. Such convenience fee shall not exceed four percent of the amount paid for the transaction or a flat fee of $2 per transaction. The clerk may set a lower convenience fee for electronic filing of civil or criminal proceedings pursuant to § 17.1-258.3. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the clerk from outsourcing the processing of credit and debit card transactions to a third-party private vendor engaged by the clerk. Convenience fees shall be used to cover operational expenses as defined in § 17.1-295.28\n\nFor the return of any check unpaid by the financial institution on which it was drawn or notice is received from the credit or debit card issuer that payment will not be made for any reason, the clerk may collect a fee of $50 or 10 percent of the amount of the payment, whichever is greater.29\n\nFor all services rendered, except in cases in which costs are assessed pursuant to § 17.1-275.1, 17.1-275.2, 17.1-275.3, or 17.1-275.4, in an adoption proceeding, a fee of $20, in addition to the fee imposed under § 63.2-1246, to be paid by the petitioner or petitioners. For each petition for adoption filed pursuant to § 63.2-1201, except those filed pursuant to subdivisions 4 and 5 of § 63.2-1210, an additional $50 filing fee as required under § 63.2-1201 shall be deposited in the Virginia Birth Father Registry Fund pursuant to § 63.2-1249.30\n\nFor issuing a duplicate license for one lost or destroyed as provided in § 29.1-334, a fee in the same amount as the fee for the original license.31\n\nFor the filing of any petition as provided in §§ 33.2-1023, 33.2-1024, and 33.2-1027, a fee of $5 to be paid by the petitioner; and for the recordation of a certificate or copy thereof, as provided for in § 33.2-1021, as well as for any order of the court relating thereto, the clerk shall charge the same fee as for recording a deed as provided for in this section, to be paid by the party upon whose request such certificate is recorded or order is entered.32\n\nFor making up, certifying and transmitting original record pursuant to the Rules of the Supreme Court, including all papers necessary to be copied and other services rendered, except in cases in which costs are assessed pursuant to § 17.1-275.1, 17.1-275.2, 17.1-275.3, 17.1-275.4, 17.1-275.7, 17.1-275.8, or 17.1-275.9, a fee of $20.33\n\n[Repealed.]34\n\nFor filings, etc., under the Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act (§ 55.1-653 et seq.), the fees shall be as prescribed in that Act.35\n\n[Repealed.]36\n\nFor recordation of certificate and registration of names of nonresident owners in accordance with § 59.1-74, a fee of $10.37\n\nFor maintaining the information required under the Overhead High Voltage Line Safety Act (§ 59.1-406 et seq.), the fee as prescribed in § 59.1-411.38\n\nFor lodging, indexing, and preserving a will in accordance with § 64.2-409, a fee of $5.39\n\nFor filing a financing statement in accordance with § 8.9A-505, the fee shall be as prescribed under § 8.9A-525.40\n\nFor filing a termination statement in accordance with § 8.9A-513, the fee shall be as prescribed under § 8.9A-525.41\n\nFor filing assignment of security interest in accordance with § 8.9A-514, the fee shall be as prescribed under § 8.9A-525.42\n\nFor filing a petition as provided in §§ 64.2-2001 and 64.2-2013, the fee shall be $10.43\n\nFor issuing any execution, and recording the return thereof, a fee of $1.50.44\n\nFor the preparation and issuance of a summons for interrogation by an execution creditor, a fee of $5. If there is no outstanding execution, and one is requested herewith, the clerk shall be allowed an additional fee of $1.50, in accordance with subdivision A 44.B\n\nIn accordance with § 17.1-281, the clerk shall collect fees under subdivisions A 7, A 13, A 16, A 18 if applicable, A 20, A 22, A 24, A 26, A 29, and A 31 to be designated for courthouse construction, renovation or maintenance.C\n\nIn accordance with § 17.1-278, the clerk shall collect fees under subdivisions A 7, A 13, A 16, A 18 if applicable, A 20, A 22, A 24, A 26, A 29, and A 31 to be designated for services provided for the poor, without charge, by a nonprofit legal aid program.D\n\nIn accordance with § 42.1-70, the clerk shall collect fees under subdivisions A 7, A 13, A 16, A 18 if applicable, A 20, A 22, A 24, A 26, A 29, and A 31 to be designated for public law libraries.E\n\nAll fees collected pursuant to subdivision A 27 and § 17.1-276 shall be deposited by the clerk into a special revenue fund held by the clerk, which will restrict the funds to their statutory purpose.F\n\nThe provisions of this section shall control the fees charged by clerks of circuit courts for the services above described.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":259161,"text":"A clerk of a circuit court shall, for services performed by virtue of his office, charge the following fees:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":259162,"text":"[Repealed.]","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":259163,"text":"For recording and indexing in the proper book any writing and all matters therewith, or for recording and indexing anything not otherwise provided for, $18 for an instrument or document consisting of 10 or fewer pages or sheets; $32 for an instrument or document consisting of 11 to 30 pages or sheets; and $52 for an instrument or document consisting of 31 or more pages or sheets. Whenever any writing to be recorded includes plat or map sheets no larger than eight and one-half inches by 14 inches, such plat or map sheets shall be counted as ordinary pages for the purpose of computing the recording fee due pursuant to this section. A fee of $17 per page or sheet shall be charged with respect to plat or map sheets larger than eight and one-half inches by 14 inches. Only a single fee as authorized by this subdivision shall be charged for recording a certificate of satisfaction that releases the original deed of trust and any corrected or revised deeds of trust. Three dollars and fifty cents of the fee collected for recording and indexing shall be designated for use in preserving the permanent records of the circuit courts. The sum collected for this purpose shall be administered by The Library of Virginia in cooperation with the circuit court clerks.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"A3"},"3":{"id":259164,"text":"For appointing and qualifying any personal representative, committee, trustee, guardian, or other fiduciary, in addition to any fees for recording allowed by this section, $20 for estates not exceeding $50,000, $25 for estates not exceeding $100,000 and $30 for estates exceeding $100,000. No fee shall be charged for estates of $5,000 or less.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"A3","prefix_anchor":"A3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"A4"},"4":{"id":259165,"text":"For entering and granting and for issuing any license, other than a marriage license or a hunting and fishing license, and administering an oath when necessary, $10.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"A4","prefix_anchor":"A4","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A3","next_prefix":"A5"},"5":{"id":259166,"text":"For issuing a marriage license, attaching certificate, administering or receiving all necessary oaths or affidavits, indexing and recording, $10. For recording an order to celebrate the rites of marriage pursuant to § 20-25, $25 to be paid by the petitioner.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","5"],"prefix":"5","entire_prefix":"A5","prefix_anchor":"A5","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A4","next_prefix":"A6"},"6":{"id":259167,"text":"For making out any bond, other than those under § 17.1-267 or subdivision A 4, administering all necessary oaths and writing proper affidavits, $3.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","6"],"prefix":"6","entire_prefix":"A6","prefix_anchor":"A6","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A5","next_prefix":"A7"},"7":{"id":259168,"text":"For all services rendered by the clerk in any garnishment or attachment proceeding, the clerk’s fee shall be $15 in cases not exceeding $500 and $25 in all other cases.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","7"],"prefix":"7","entire_prefix":"A7","prefix_anchor":"A7","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A6","next_prefix":"A8"},"8":{"id":259169,"text":"For making out a copy of any paper, record, or electronic record to go out of the office, which is not otherwise specifically provided for herein, a fee of $0.50 for each page or, if an electronic record, each image. From such fees, the clerk shall reimburse the locality the costs of making out the copies and pay the remaining fees directly to the Commonwealth. The funds to recoup the cost of making out the copies shall be deposited with the county or city treasurer or Director of Finance, and the governing body shall budget and appropriate such funds to be used to support the cost of copies pursuant to this subdivision. For purposes of this section, the costs of making out the copies authorized under this section shall include costs included in the lease and maintenance agreements for the equipment and the technology needed to operate electronic systems in the clerk’s office used to make out the copies, but shall not include salaries or related benefits. The costs of copies shall otherwise be determined in accordance with § 2.2-3704. However, there shall be no charge to the recipient of a final order or decree to send an attested copy to such party.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","8"],"prefix":"8","entire_prefix":"A8","prefix_anchor":"A8","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A7","next_prefix":"A9"},"9":{"id":259170,"text":"For annexing the seal of the court to any paper, writing the certificate of the clerk accompanying it, the clerk shall charge $2 and for attaching the certificate of the judge, if the clerk is requested to do so, the clerk shall charge an additional $0.50.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","9"],"prefix":"9","entire_prefix":"A9","prefix_anchor":"A9","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A8","next_prefix":"A10"},"10":{"id":259171,"text":"In any case in which a person is convicted of a violation of any provision of Article 1 (§ 18.2-247 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 or is subject to a disposition under § 18.2-251, the clerk shall assess a fee of $150 for each felony conviction and each felony disposition under § 18.2-251 which shall be taxed as costs to the defendant and shall be paid into the Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","10"],"prefix":"10","entire_prefix":"A10","prefix_anchor":"A10","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A9","next_prefix":"A11"},"11":{"id":259172,"text":"In any case in which a person is convicted of a violation of any provision of Article 1 (§ 18.2-247 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 or is subject to a disposition under § 18.2-251, the clerk shall assess a fee for each misdemeanor conviction and each misdemeanor disposition under § 18.2-251, which shall be taxed as costs to the defendant and shall be paid into the Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund as provided in § 17.1-275.8.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","11"],"prefix":"11","entire_prefix":"A11","prefix_anchor":"A11","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A10","next_prefix":"A12"},"12":{"id":259173,"text":"Upon the defendant’s being required to successfully complete traffic school, a mature driver motor vehicle crash prevention course, or a driver improvement clinic in lieu of a finding of guilty, the court shall charge the defendant fees and costs as if he had been convicted.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","12"],"prefix":"12","entire_prefix":"A12","prefix_anchor":"A12","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A11","next_prefix":"A13"},"13":{"id":259174,"text":"In all civil actions that include one or more claims for the award of monetary damages the clerk’s fee chargeable to the plaintiff shall be $100 in cases seeking recovery not exceeding $49,999; $200 in cases seeking recovery exceeding $49,999, but not exceeding $100,000; $250 in cases seeking recovery exceeding $100,000, but not exceeding $500,000; and $300 in cases seeking recovery exceeding $500,000. Ten dollars of each such fee shall be apportioned to the Courts Technology Fund established under § 17.1-132. A fee of $25 shall be paid by the plaintiff at the time of instituting a condemnation case, in lieu of any other fees. There shall be no fee charged for the filing of a cross-claim or setoff in any pending action. However, the fees prescribed by this subdivision shall be charged upon the filing of a counterclaim or a claim impleading a third-party defendant. The fees prescribed above shall be collected upon the filing of papers for the commencement of civil actions. This subdivision shall not be applicable to cases filed in the Supreme Court of Virginia.\n\t\t\t\t13a. For the filing of any petition seeking court approval of a settlement where no action has yet been filed, the clerk’s fee, chargeable to the petitioner, shall be $50, to be paid by the petitioner at the time of filing the petition.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","13"],"prefix":"13","entire_prefix":"A13","prefix_anchor":"A13","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A12","next_prefix":"A14"},"14":{"id":259175,"text":"In addition to the fees chargeable for civil actions, for the costs of proceedings for judgments by confession under §§ 8.01-432 through 8.01-440, the clerk shall tax as costs (i) the cost of registered or certified mail; (ii) the statutory writ tax, in the amount required by law to be paid on a suit for the amount of the confessed judgment; (iii) for the sheriff for serving each copy of the order entering judgment, $12; and (iv) for docketing the judgment and issuing executions thereon, the same fees as prescribed in subdivision A 17.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","14"],"prefix":"14","entire_prefix":"A14","prefix_anchor":"A14","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A13","next_prefix":"A15"},"15":{"id":259176,"text":"For qualifying notaries public, including the making out of the bond and any copies thereof, administering the necessary oaths, and entering the order, $10.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","15"],"prefix":"15","entire_prefix":"A15","prefix_anchor":"A15","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A14","next_prefix":"A16"},"16":{"id":259177,"text":"For each habeas corpus proceeding, the clerk shall receive $10 for all services required thereunder. This subdivision shall not be applicable to such suits filed in the Supreme Court of Virginia.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","16"],"prefix":"16","entire_prefix":"A16","prefix_anchor":"A16","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A15","next_prefix":"A17"},"17":{"id":259178,"text":"For docketing and indexing a judgment from any other court of the Commonwealth, for docketing and indexing a judgment in the new name of a judgment debtor pursuant to the provisions of § 8.01-451, but not when incident to a divorce, for noting and filing the assignment of a judgment pursuant to § 8.01-452, a fee of $5; and for issuing an abstract of any recorded judgment, when proper to do so, a fee of $5; and for filing, docketing, indexing and mailing notice of a foreign judgment, a fee of $20.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","17"],"prefix":"17","entire_prefix":"A17","prefix_anchor":"A17","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A16","next_prefix":"A18"},"18":{"id":259179,"text":"For all services rendered by the clerk in any court proceeding for which no specific fee is provided by law, the clerk shall charge $10, to be paid by the party filing said papers at the time of filing; however, this subdivision shall not be applicable in a divorce cause prior to and including the entry of a decree of divorce from the bond of matrimony.\n\t\t\t\t19, 20. [Repealed.]","type":"section","prefixes":["A","18"],"prefix":"18","entire_prefix":"A18","prefix_anchor":"A18","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A17","next_prefix":"A21"},"19":{"id":259180,"text":"For making the endorsements on a forthcoming bond and recording the matters relating to such bond pursuant to the provisions of § 8.01-529, $1.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","21"],"prefix":"21","entire_prefix":"A21","prefix_anchor":"A21","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A18","next_prefix":"A22"},"20":{"id":259181,"text":"For all services rendered by the clerk in any proceeding pursuant to § 57-8 or 57-15, $10.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","22"],"prefix":"22","entire_prefix":"A22","prefix_anchor":"A22","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A21","next_prefix":"A23"},"21":{"id":259182,"text":"For preparation and issuance of a subpoena duces tecum, $5.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","23"],"prefix":"23","entire_prefix":"A23","prefix_anchor":"A23","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A22","next_prefix":"A24"},"22":{"id":259183,"text":"For all services rendered by the clerk in matters under § 8.01-217 relating to change of name, $20; however, this subdivision shall not be applicable in cases where the change of name is incident to a divorce.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","24"],"prefix":"24","entire_prefix":"A24","prefix_anchor":"A24","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A23","next_prefix":"A25"},"23":{"id":259184,"text":"For providing court records or documents on microfilm, per frame, $0.50.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","25"],"prefix":"25","entire_prefix":"A25","prefix_anchor":"A25","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A24","next_prefix":"A26"},"24":{"id":259185,"text":"In all divorce and separate maintenance proceedings, and all civil actions that do not include one or more claims for the award of monetary damages, the clerk’s fee chargeable to the plaintiff shall be $60, $10 of which shall be apportioned to the Courts Technology Fund established under § 17.1-132 to be paid by the plaintiff at the time of instituting the suit, which shall include the furnishing of a duly certified copy of the final decree. The fees prescribed by this subdivision shall be charged upon the filing of a counterclaim or a claim impleading a third-party defendant. However, no fee shall be charged for (i) the filing of a cross-claim or setoff in any pending suit or (ii) the filing of a counterclaim or any other responsive pleading in any annulment, divorce, or separate maintenance proceeding. In divorce cases, when there is a merger of a divorce of separation a mensa et thoro into a decree of divorce a vinculo, the above mentioned fee shall include the furnishing of a duly certified copy of both such decrees.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","26"],"prefix":"26","entire_prefix":"A26","prefix_anchor":"A26","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A25","next_prefix":"A27"},"25":{"id":259186,"text":"For the acceptance of credit or debit cards in lieu of money to collect and secure all fees, including filing fees, fines, restitution, forfeiture, penalties and costs, the clerk shall collect from the person presenting such credit or debit card a reasonable convenience fee for the processing of such credit or debit card. Such convenience fee shall not exceed four percent of the amount paid for the transaction or a flat fee of $2 per transaction. The clerk may set a lower convenience fee for electronic filing of civil or criminal proceedings pursuant to § 17.1-258.3. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the clerk from outsourcing the processing of credit and debit card transactions to a third-party private vendor engaged by the clerk. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 46 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 1952, chapter 146; in 1954, chapter 138; in 1956, chapter 217; in 1964, chapter 386; in 1966, chapter 217; in 1970, chapter 522; in 1972, chapters 626, 627, and 647; in 1973, chapter 159; in 1974, chapters 370 and 523; in 1975, chapter 226; in 1976, chapter 344; in 1977, chapters 449 and 463; in 1978, chapter 502; in 1980, chapter 145; in 1983, chapter 103; in 1984, chapters 225 and 356; in 1985, chapters 94 and 201; in 1986, chapter 538; in 1988, chapters 49 and 52; in 1989, chapter 595; in 1990, chapters 88, 738, and 971; in 1992, chapter 784; in 1993, chapters 95, 299, and 386; in 1994, chapters 64<\/a>, 432<\/a>, 498<\/a>, and 842<\/a>; in 1995, chapters 51<\/a>, 371<\/a>, 440<\/a>, 463<\/a>, and 525<\/a>; in 1996, chapters 344<\/a> and 976<\/a>; in 1997, chapters 215<\/a> and 921<\/a>; in 1998, chapters 783<\/a>, 840<\/a>, and 872<\/a>; in 1999, chapters 9<\/a> and 1003<\/a>; in 2000, chapters 826<\/a> and 830<\/a>; in 2001, chapters 481<\/a>, 496<\/a>, 501<\/a>, and 836<\/a>; in 2002, chapters 831<\/a> and 832<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 1004<\/a>; in 2005, chapters 373<\/a> and 681<\/a>; in 2006, chapters 318<\/a>, 623<\/a>, 718<\/a>, and 825<\/a>; in 2007, chapters 548<\/a>, 626<\/a>, and 646<\/a>; in 2009, chapter 594<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 874<\/a>; in 2011, chapters 707<\/a> and 890<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 420<\/a>, 714<\/a>, and 780<\/a>; in 2013, chapter 263<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 282<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 641<\/a>; in 2017, chapter 200<\/a>; in 2020, chapters 68<\/a>, 69<\/a>, 589<\/a>, and 653<\/a>; in 2022, chapter 377<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":55864,"section_number":"16.1-107","catch_line":"Requirements for appeal","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-107\/"},{"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":63754,"section_number":"16.1-91.1","catch_line":"Costs to be included in judgment on forthcoming bond","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-91.1\/"},{"id":87235,"section_number":"17.1-132","catch_line":"Courts Technology Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-132\/"},{"id":80213,"section_number":"17.1-208","catch_line":"Records, etc., open to inspection; 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generally","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-275","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A clerk of a circuit<\/span> court<\/span> shall, for services performed by virtue of his office, charge the following fees: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> [Repealed.] <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> For recording and indexing in the proper book any writing and all matters therewith, or for recording and indexing anything not otherwise provided for, $18 for an instrument or document consisting of 10 or fewer pages or sheets; $32 for an instrument or document consisting of 11 to 30 pages or sheets; and $52 for an instrument or document consisting of 31 or more pages or sheets. Whenever any writing to be recorded includes plat or map sheets no larger than eight and one-half inches by 14 inches, such plat or map sheets shall be counted as ordinary pages for the purpose of computing the recording fee due pursuant to this section. A fee of $17 per page or sheet shall be charged with respect to plat or map sheets larger than eight and one-half inches by 14 inches. Only a single fee as authorized by this subdivision shall be charged for recording a certificate of satisfaction that releases the original deed of trust and any corrected or revised deeds of trust. Three dollars and fifty cents of the fee collected for recording and indexing shall be designated for use in preserving the permanent records of the circuit<\/span> courts<\/span>. The sum collected for this purpose shall be administered by The Library of Virginia in cooperation with the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> clerks. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> For appointing and qualifying any personal representative, committee, trustee, guardian, or other fiduciary, in addition to any fees for recording allowed by this section, $20 for estates not exceeding $50,000, $25 for estates not exceeding $100,000 and $30 for estates exceeding $100,000. No fee shall be charged for estates of $5,000 or less. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> For entering and granting and for issuing any license, other than a marriage license or a hunting and fishing license, and administering an oath<\/span> when necessary, $10. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> For issuing a marriage license, attaching certificate, administering or receiving all necessary oaths<\/span> or affidavits<\/span>, indexing and recording, $10. For recording an order<\/span> to celebrate the rites of marriage pursuant to § 20-25<\/a>, $25 to be paid by the petitioner. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> For making out any bond<\/span>, other than those under § 17.1-267<\/a> or subdivision A 4, administering all necessary oaths<\/span> and writing proper affidavits<\/span>, $3. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> For all services rendered by the clerk in any garnishment<\/span> or attachment<\/span> proceeding, the clerk’s fee shall be $15 in cases not exceeding $500 and $25 in all other cases. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

8.<\/span> For making out a copy of any paper, record, or electronic record to go out of the office, which is not otherwise specifically provided for herein, a fee of $0.50 for each page or, if an electronic record, each image. From such fees, the clerk shall reimburse the locality the costs of making out the copies and pay the remaining fees directly to the Commonwealth. The funds to recoup the cost of making out the copies shall be deposited with the county or city treasurer or Director of Finance, and the governing body shall budget and appropriate such funds to be used to support the cost of copies pursuant to this subdivision. For purposes of this section, the costs of making out the copies authorized under this section shall include costs included in the lease and maintenance agreements for the equipment and the technology needed to operate electronic systems in the clerk’s office used to make out the copies, but shall not include salaries or related benefits. The costs of copies shall otherwise be determined in accordance with § 2.2-3704<\/a>. However, there shall be no charge to the recipient of a final order<\/span> or decree<\/span> to send an attested copy to such party<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

9.<\/span> For annexing the seal of the court<\/span> to any paper, writing the certificate of the clerk accompanying it, the clerk shall charge $2 and for attaching the certificate of the judge<\/span>, if the clerk is requested to do so, the clerk shall charge an additional $0.50. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

10.<\/span> In any case in which a person is convicted of a violation of any provision of Article 1 (§ 18.2-247<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 or is subject to a disposition<\/span> under § 18.2-251<\/a>, the clerk shall assess a fee of $150 for each felony<\/span> conviction<\/span> and each felony<\/span> disposition<\/span> under § 18.2-251<\/a> which shall be taxed as costs to the defendant<\/span> and shall be paid into the Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

11.<\/span> In any case in which a person is convicted of a violation of any provision of Article 1 (§ 18.2-247<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 or is subject to a disposition<\/span> under § 18.2-251<\/a>, the clerk shall assess a fee for each misdemeanor<\/span> conviction<\/span> and each misdemeanor<\/span> disposition<\/span> under § 18.2-251<\/a>, which shall be taxed as costs to the defendant<\/span> and shall be paid into the Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund as provided in § 17.1-275.8<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

12.<\/span> Upon the defendant<\/span>’s being required to successfully complete traffic school, a mature driver motor vehicle crash prevention course, or a driver improvement clinic in lieu of a finding<\/span> of guilty, the court<\/span> shall charge the defendant<\/span> fees and costs as if he had been convicted. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

13.<\/span> In all civil actions<\/span> that include one or more claims for the award of monetary damages<\/span> the clerk’s fee chargeable to the plaintiff<\/span> shall be $100 in cases seeking recovery not exceeding $49,999; $200 in cases seeking recovery exceeding $49,999, but not exceeding $100,000; $250 in cases seeking recovery exceeding $100,000, but not exceeding $500,000; and $300 in cases seeking recovery exceeding $500,000. Ten dollars of each such fee shall be apportioned to the Courts<\/span> Technology Fund established under § 17.1-132<\/a>. A fee of $25 shall be paid by the plaintiff<\/span> at the time of instituting a condemnation case, in lieu of any other fees. There shall be no fee charged for the filing of a cross-claim<\/span> or setoff in any pending action. However, the fees prescribed by this subdivision shall be charged upon the filing of a counterclaim<\/span> or a claim impleading a third-party<\/span> defendant<\/span>. The fees prescribed above shall be collected upon the filing of papers for the commencement of civil actions<\/span>. This subdivision shall not be applicable to cases filed in the Supreme Court<\/span> of Virginia.\n\t\t\t\t13a. For the filing of any petition<\/span> seeking court<\/span> approval of a settlement<\/span> where no action has yet been filed, the clerk’s fee, chargeable to the petitioner, shall be $50, to be paid by the petitioner at the time of filing the petition<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

14.<\/span> In addition to the fees chargeable for civil actions<\/span>, for the costs of proceedings for judgments<\/span> by confession<\/span> under §§ 8.01-432<\/a> through 8.01-440<\/a>, the clerk shall tax as costs (i) the cost of registered or certified mail; (ii) the statutory writ<\/span> tax, in the amount required by law<\/span> to be paid on a suit for the amount of the confessed judgment<\/span>; (iii) for the sheriff for serving each copy of the order entering judgment<\/span>, $12; and (iv) for docketing the judgment<\/span> and issuing executions thereon, the same fees as prescribed in subdivision A 17. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

15.<\/span> For qualifying notaries public, including the making out of the bond<\/span> and any copies thereof, administering the necessary oaths<\/span>, and entering the order, $10. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

16.<\/span> For each habeas corpus<\/span> proceeding, the clerk shall receive $10 for all services required thereunder. This subdivision shall not be applicable to such suits filed in the Supreme Court<\/span> of Virginia. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

17.<\/span> For docketing and indexing a judgment from any other court<\/span> of the Commonwealth, for docketing and indexing a judgment in the new name of a judgment debtor<\/span> pursuant to the provisions of § 8.01-451<\/a>, but not when incident to a divorce, for noting and filing the assignment of a judgment pursuant to § 8.01-452<\/a>, a fee of $5; and for issuing an abstract of any recorded judgment, when proper to do so, a fee of $5; and for filing, docketing, indexing and mailing notice of a foreign judgment, a fee of $20. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

18.<\/span> For all services rendered by the clerk in any court<\/span> proceeding for which no specific fee is provided by law<\/span>, the clerk shall charge $10, to be paid by the party<\/span> filing said papers at the time of filing; however, this subdivision shall not be applicable in a divorce cause prior to and including the entry of a decree<\/span> of divorce from the bond<\/span> of matrimony.\n\t\t\t\t19, 20. [Repealed.] <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

21.<\/span> For making the endorsements on a forthcoming bond<\/span> and recording the matters relating to such bond<\/span> pursuant to the provisions of § 8.01-529<\/a>, $1. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

22.<\/span> For all services rendered by the clerk in any proceeding pursuant to § 57-8<\/a> or 57-15<\/a>, $10. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

23.<\/span> For preparation and issuance of a subpoena duces tecum<\/span>, $5. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

24.<\/span> For all services rendered by the clerk in matters under § 8.01-217<\/a> relating to change of name, $20; however, this subdivision shall not be applicable in cases where the change of name is incident to a divorce. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

25.<\/span> For providing court<\/span> records or documents on microfilm, per frame, $0.50. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

26.<\/span> In all divorce and separate maintenance proceedings, and all civil actions<\/span> that do not include one or more claims for the award of monetary damages<\/span>, the clerk’s fee chargeable to the plaintiff<\/span> shall be $60, $10 of which shall be apportioned to the Courts<\/span> Technology Fund established under § 17.1-132<\/a> to be paid by the plaintiff<\/span> at the time of instituting the suit, which shall include the furnishing of a duly certified copy of the final decree<\/span>. The fees prescribed by this subdivision shall be charged upon the filing of a counterclaim<\/span> or a claim impleading a third-party<\/span> defendant<\/span>. However, no fee shall be charged for (i) the filing of a cross-claim<\/span> or setoff in any pending suit or (ii) the filing of a counterclaim<\/span> or any other responsive pleading in any annulment<\/span>, divorce, or separate maintenance proceeding. In divorce cases, when there is a merger of a divorce of separation a mensa et thoro into a decree<\/span> of divorce a vinculo, the above mentioned fee shall include the furnishing of a duly certified copy of both such decrees<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

27.<\/span> For the acceptance of credit or debit cards in lieu of money to collect and secure all fees, including filing fees, fines, restitution<\/span>, forfeiture, penalties and costs, the clerk shall collect from the person presenting such credit or debit card a reasonable convenience fee for the processing of such credit or debit card. Such convenience fee shall not exceed four percent of the amount paid for the transaction or a flat fee of $2 per transaction. The clerk may set a lower convenience fee for electronic filing of civil or criminal proceedings pursuant to § 17.1-258.3<\/a>. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the clerk from outsourcing the processing of credit and debit card transactions to a third-party<\/span> private vendor engaged by the clerk. Convenience fees shall be used to cover operational expenses<\/span> as defined in § 17.1-295<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

28.<\/span> For the return of any check unpaid by the financial institution on which it was drawn or notice is received from the credit or debit card issuer that payment will not be made for any reason, the clerk may collect a fee of $50 or 10 percent of the amount of the payment, whichever is greater. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

29.<\/span> For all services rendered, except in cases in which costs are assessed pursuant to § 17.1-275.1<\/a>, 17.1-275.2<\/a>, 17.1-275.3<\/a>, or 17.1-275.4<\/a>, in an adoption proceeding, a fee of $20, in addition to the fee imposed under § 63.2-1246<\/a>, to be paid by the petitioner or petitioners. For each petition<\/span> for adoption filed pursuant to § 63.2-1201<\/a>, except those filed pursuant to subdivisions 4 and 5 of § 63.2-1210<\/a>, an additional $50 filing fee as required under § 63.2-1201<\/a> shall be deposited in the Virginia Birth Father Registry Fund pursuant to § 63.2-1249<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

30.<\/span> For issuing a duplicate license for one lost or destroyed as provided in § 29.1-334<\/a>, a fee in the same amount as the fee for the original license. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

31.<\/span> For the filing of any petition<\/span> as provided in §§ 33.2-1023<\/a>, 33.2-1024<\/a>, and 33.2-1027<\/a>, a fee of $5 to be paid by the petitioner; and for the recordation of a certificate or copy thereof, as provided for in § 33.2-1021<\/a>, as well as for any order of the court<\/span> relating thereto, the clerk shall charge the same fee as for recording a deed as provided for in this section, to be paid by the party<\/span> upon whose request such certificate is recorded or order is entered. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

32.<\/span> For making up, certifying and transmitting original record pursuant to the Rules of the Supreme Court<\/span>, including all papers necessary to be copied and other services rendered, except in cases in which costs are assessed pursuant to § 17.1-275.1<\/a>, 17.1-275.2<\/a>, 17.1-275.3<\/a>, 17.1-275.4<\/a>, 17.1-275.7<\/a>, 17.1-275.8<\/a>, or 17.1-275.9<\/a>, a fee of $20. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

33.<\/span> [Repealed.] <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

34.<\/span> For filings, etc., under the Uniform Federal Lien<\/span> Registration Act (§ 55.1-653<\/a> et seq.), the fees shall be as prescribed in that Act. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

35.<\/span> [Repealed.] <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

36.<\/span> For recordation of certificate and registration of names of nonresident owners in accordance with § 59.1-74<\/a>, a fee of $10. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

37.<\/span> For maintaining the information required under the Overhead High Voltage Line Safety Act (§ 59.1-406<\/a> et seq.), the fee as prescribed in § 59.1-411<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

38.<\/span> For lodging, indexing, and preserving a will in accordance with § 64.2-409<\/a>, a fee of $5. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

39.<\/span> For filing a financing statement in accordance with § 8.9A-505<\/a>, the fee shall be as prescribed under § 8.9A-525<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

40.<\/span> For filing a termination statement in accordance with § 8.9A-513<\/a>, the fee shall be as prescribed under § 8.9A-525<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

41.<\/span> For filing assignment of security interest in accordance with § 8.9A-514<\/a>, the fee shall be as prescribed under § 8.9A-525<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

42.<\/span> For filing a petition<\/span> as provided in §§ 64.2-2001<\/a> and 64.2-2013<\/a>, the fee shall be $10. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

43.<\/span> For issuing any execution, and recording the return thereof, a fee of $1.50. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

44.<\/span> For the preparation and issuance of a summons<\/span> for interrogation<\/span> by an execution creditor<\/span>, a fee of $5. If there is no outstanding execution, and one is requested herewith, the clerk shall be allowed an additional fee of $1.50, in accordance with subdivision A 44. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> In accordance with § 17.1-281<\/a>, the clerk shall collect fees under subdivisions A 7, A 13, A 16, A 18 if applicable, A 20, A 22, A 24, A 26, A 29, and A 31 to be designated for courthouse construction, renovation or maintenance. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> In accordance with § 17.1-278<\/a>, the clerk shall collect fees under subdivisions A 7, A 13, A 16, A 18 if applicable, A 20, A 22, A 24, A 26, A 29, and A 31 to be designated for services provided for the poor, without charge, by a nonprofit legal aid program. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> In accordance with § 42.1-70<\/a>, the clerk shall collect fees under subdivisions A 7, A 13, A 16, A 18 if applicable, A 20, A 22, A 24, A 26, A 29, and A 31 to be designated for public law<\/span> libraries. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> All fees collected pursuant to subdivision A 27 and § 17.1-276<\/a> shall be deposited by the clerk into a special revenue fund held by the clerk, which will restrict the funds to their statutory purpose. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

F.<\/span> The provisions of this section shall control the fees charged by clerks of circuit<\/span> courts<\/span> for the services above described. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFEES COLLECTED BY CLERKS OF CIRCUIT COURTS; GENERALLY (\u00a7 17.1-275)\n\nA. A clerk of a circuit court shall, for services performed by virtue of his\noffice, charge the following fees:\n\n 1. [Repealed.]\n\n 2. For recording and indexing in the proper book any writing and all matters\n therewith, or for recording and indexing anything not otherwise provided for,\n $18 for an instrument or document consisting of 10 or fewer pages or sheets;\n $32 for an instrument or document consisting of 11 to 30 pages or sheets; and\n $52 for an instrument or document consisting of 31 or more pages or sheets.\n Whenever any writing to be recorded includes plat or map sheets no larger than\n eight and one-half inches by 14 inches, such plat or map sheets shall be\n counted as ordinary pages for the purpose of computing the recording fee due\n pursuant to this section. A fee of $17 per page or sheet shall be charged with\n respect to plat or map sheets larger than eight and one-half inches by 14\n inches. Only a single fee as authorized by this subdivision shall be charged\n for recording a certificate of satisfaction that releases the original deed of\n trust and any corrected or revised deeds of trust. Three dollars and fifty\n cents of the fee collected for recording and indexing shall be designated for\n use in preserving the permanent records of the circuit courts. The sum\n collected for this purpose shall be administered by The Library of Virginia in\n cooperation with the circuit court clerks.\n\n 3. For appointing and qualifying any personal representative, committee,\n trustee, guardian, or other fiduciary, in addition to any fees for recording\n allowed by this section, $20 for estates not exceeding $50,000, $25 for\n estates not exceeding $100,000 and $30 for estates exceeding $100,000. No fee\n shall be charged for estates of $5,000 or less.\n\n 4. For entering and granting and for issuing any license, other than a\n marriage license or a hunting and fishing license, and administering an oath\n when necessary, $10.\n\n 5. For issuing a marriage license, attaching certificate, administering or\n receiving all necessary oaths or affidavits, indexing and recording, $10. For\n recording an order to celebrate the rites of marriage pursuant to §\n 20-25, $25 to be paid by the petitioner.\n\n 6. For making out any bond, other than those under § 17.1-267 or\n subdivision A 4, administering all necessary oaths and writing proper\n affidavits, $3.\n\n 7. For all services rendered by the clerk in any garnishment or attachment\n proceeding, the clerk’s fee shall be $15 in cases not exceeding $500 and\n $25 in all other cases.\n\n 8. For making out a copy of any paper, record, or electronic record to go out\n of the office, which is not otherwise specifically provided for herein, a fee\n of $0.50 for each page or, if an electronic record, each image. From such\n fees, the clerk shall reimburse the locality the costs of making out the\n copies and pay the remaining fees directly to the Commonwealth. The funds to\n recoup the cost of making out the copies shall be deposited with the county or\n city treasurer or Director of Finance, and the governing body shall budget and\n appropriate such funds to be used to support the cost of copies pursuant to\n this subdivision. For purposes of this section, the costs of making out the\n copies authorized under this section shall include costs included in the lease\n and maintenance agreements for the equipment and the technology needed to\n operate electronic systems in the clerk’s office used to make out the\n copies, but shall not include salaries or related benefits. The costs of\n copies shall otherwise be determined in accordance with § 2.2-3704.\n However, there shall be no charge to the recipient of a final order or decree\n to send an attested copy to such party.\n\n 9. For annexing the seal of the court to any paper, writing the certificate of\n the clerk accompanying it, the clerk shall charge $2 and for attaching the\n certificate of the judge, if the clerk is requested to do so, the clerk shall\n charge an additional $0.50.\n\n 10. In any case in which a person is convicted of a violation of any provision\n of Article 1 (§ 18.2-247 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 or is\n subject to a disposition under § 18.2-251, the clerk shall assess a fee\n of $150 for each felony conviction and each felony disposition under §\n 18.2-251 which shall be taxed as costs to the defendant and shall be paid into\n the Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund.\n\n 11. In any case in which a person is convicted of a violation of any provision\n of Article 1 (§ 18.2-247 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 or is\n subject to a disposition under § 18.2-251, the clerk shall assess a fee\n for each misdemeanor conviction and each misdemeanor disposition under §\n 18.2-251, which shall be taxed as costs to the defendant and shall be paid\n into the Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund as provided in §\n 17.1-275.8.\n\n 12. Upon the defendant’s being required to successfully complete traffic\n school, a mature driver motor vehicle crash prevention course, or a driver\n improvement clinic in lieu of a finding of guilty, the court shall charge the\n defendant fees and costs as if he had been convicted.\n\n 13. In all civil actions that include one or more claims for the award of\n monetary damages the clerk’s fee chargeable to the plaintiff shall be\n $100 in cases seeking recovery not exceeding $49,999; $200 in cases seeking\n recovery exceeding $49,999, but not exceeding $100,000; $250 in cases seeking\n recovery exceeding $100,000, but not exceeding $500,000; and $300 in cases\n seeking recovery exceeding $500,000. Ten dollars of each such fee shall be\n apportioned to the Courts Technology Fund established under § 17.1-132. A\n fee of $25 shall be paid by the plaintiff at the time of instituting a\n condemnation case, in lieu of any other fees. There shall be no fee charged\n for the filing of a cross-claim or setoff in any pending action. However, the\n fees prescribed by this subdivision shall be charged upon the filing of a\n counterclaim or a claim impleading a third-party defendant. The fees\n prescribed above shall be collected upon the filing of papers for the\n commencement of civil actions. This subdivision shall not be applicable to\n cases filed in the Supreme Court of Virginia.\n \t\t\t\t13a. For the filing of any petition seeking court approval of a settlement\n where no action has yet been filed, the clerk’s fee, chargeable to the\n petitioner, shall be $50, to be paid by the petitioner at the time of filing\n the petition.\n\n 14. In addition to the fees chargeable for civil actions, for the costs of\n proceedings for judgments by confession under §§ 8.01-432 through\n 8.01-440, the clerk shall tax as costs (i) the cost of registered or certified\n mail; (ii) the statutory writ tax, in the amount required by law to be paid on\n a suit for the amount of the confessed judgment; (iii) for the sheriff for\n serving each copy of the order entering judgment, $12; and (iv) for docketing\n the judgment and issuing executions thereon, the same fees as prescribed in\n subdivision A 17.\n\n 15. For qualifying notaries public, including the making out of the bond and\n any copies thereof, administering the necessary oaths, and entering the order,\n $10.\n\n 16. For each habeas corpus proceeding, the clerk shall receive $10 for all\n services required thereunder. This subdivision shall not be applicable to such\n suits filed in the Supreme Court of Virginia.\n\n 17. For docketing and indexing a judgment from any other court of the\n Commonwealth, for docketing and indexing a judgment in the new name of a\n judgment debtor pursuant to the provisions of § 8.01-451, but not when\n incident to a divorce, for noting and filing the assignment of a judgment\n pursuant to § 8.01-452, a fee of $5; and for issuing an abstract of any\n recorded judgment, when proper to do so, a fee of $5; and for filing,\n docketing, indexing and mailing notice of a foreign judgment, a fee of $20.\n\n 18. For all services rendered by the clerk in any court proceeding for which\n no specific fee is provided by law, the clerk shall charge $10, to be paid by\n the party filing said papers at the time of filing; however, this subdivision\n shall not be applicable in a divorce cause prior to and including the entry of\n a decree of divorce from the bond of matrimony.\n \t\t\t\t19, 20. [Repealed.]\n\n 21. For making the endorsements on a forthcoming bond and recording the\n matters relating to such bond pursuant to the provisions of § 8.01-529,\n $1.\n\n 22. For all services rendered by the clerk in any proceeding pursuant to\n § 57-8 or 57-15, $10.\n\n 23. For preparation and issuance of a subpoena duces tecum, $5.\n\n 24. For all services rendered by the clerk in matters under § 8.01-217\n relating to change of name, $20; however, this subdivision shall not be\n applicable in cases where the change of name is incident to a divorce.\n\n 25. For providing court records or documents on microfilm, per frame, $0.50.\n\n 26. In all divorce and separate maintenance proceedings, and all civil actions\n that do not include one or more claims for the award of monetary damages, the\n clerk’s fee chargeable to the plaintiff shall be $60, $10 of which shall\n be apportioned to the Courts Technology Fund established under § 17.1-132\n to be paid by the plaintiff at the time of instituting the suit, which shall\n include the furnishing of a duly certified copy of the final decree. The fees\n prescribed by this subdivision shall be charged upon the filing of a\n counterclaim or a claim impleading a third-party defendant. However, no fee\n shall be charged for (i) the filing of a cross-claim or setoff in any pending\n suit or (ii) the filing of a counterclaim or any other responsive pleading in\n any annulment, divorce, or separate maintenance proceeding. In divorce cases,\n when there is a merger of a divorce of separation a mensa et thoro into a\n decree of divorce a vinculo, the above mentioned fee shall include the\n furnishing of a duly certified copy of both such decrees.\n\n 27. For the acceptance of credit or debit cards in lieu of money to collect\n and secure all fees, including filing fees, fines, restitution, forfeiture,\n penalties and costs, the clerk shall collect from the person presenting such\n credit or debit card a reasonable convenience fee for the processing of such\n credit or debit card. Such convenience fee shall not exceed four percent of\n the amount paid for the transaction or a flat fee of $2 per transaction. The\n clerk may set a lower convenience fee for electronic filing of civil or\n criminal proceedings pursuant to § 17.1-258.3. Nothing herein shall be\n construed to prohibit the clerk from outsourcing the processing of credit and\n debit card transactions to a third-party private vendor engaged by the clerk.\n Convenience fees shall be used to cover operational expenses as defined in\n § 17.1-295.\n\n 28. For the return of any check unpaid by the financial institution on which\n it was drawn or notice is received from the credit or debit card issuer that\n payment will not be made for any reason, the clerk may collect a fee of $50 or\n 10 percent of the amount of the payment, whichever is greater.\n\n 29. For all services rendered, except in cases in which costs are assessed\n pursuant to § 17.1-275.1, 17.1-275.2, 17.1-275.3, or 17.1-275.4, in an\n adoption proceeding, a fee of $20, in addition to the fee imposed under §\n 63.2-1246, to be paid by the petitioner or petitioners. For each petition for\n adoption filed pursuant to § 63.2-1201, except those filed pursuant to\n subdivisions 4 and 5 of § 63.2-1210, an additional $50 filing fee as\n required under § 63.2-1201 shall be deposited in the Virginia Birth\n Father Registry Fund pursuant to § 63.2-1249.\n\n 30. For issuing a duplicate license for one lost or destroyed as provided in\n § 29.1-334, a fee in the same amount as the fee for the original license.\n\n 31. For the filing of any petition as provided in §§ 33.2-1023,\n 33.2-1024, and 33.2-1027, a fee of $5 to be paid by the petitioner; and for\n the recordation of a certificate or copy thereof, as provided for in §\n 33.2-1021, as well as for any order of the court relating thereto, the clerk\n shall charge the same fee as for recording a deed as provided for in this\n section, to be paid by the party upon whose request such certificate is\n recorded or order is entered.\n\n 32. For making up, certifying and transmitting original record pursuant to the\n Rules of the Supreme Court, including all papers necessary to be copied and\n other services rendered, except in cases in which costs are assessed pursuant\n to § 17.1-275.1, 17.1-275.2, 17.1-275.3, 17.1-275.4, 17.1-275.7,\n 17.1-275.8, or 17.1-275.9, a fee of $20.\n\n 33. [Repealed.]\n\n 34. For filings, etc., under the Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act (§\n 55.1-653 et seq.), the fees shall be as prescribed in that Act.\n\n 35. [Repealed.]\n\n 36. For recordation of certificate and registration of names of nonresident\n owners in accordance with § 59.1-74, a fee of $10.\n\n 37. For maintaining the information required under the Overhead High Voltage\n Line Safety Act (§ 59.1-406 et seq.), the fee as prescribed in §\n 59.1-411.\n\n 38. For lodging, indexing, and preserving a will in accordance with §\n 64.2-409, a fee of $5.\n\n 39. For filing a financing statement in accordance with § 8.9A-505, the\n fee shall be as prescribed under § 8.9A-525.\n\n 40. For filing a termination statement in accordance with § 8.9A-513, the\n fee shall be as prescribed under § 8.9A-525.\n\n 41. For filing assignment of security interest in accordance with §\n 8.9A-514, the fee shall be as prescribed under § 8.9A-525.\n\n 42. For filing a petition as provided in §§ 64.2-2001 and 64.2-2013,\n the fee shall be $10.\n\n 43. For issuing any execution, and recording the return thereof, a fee of\n $1.50.\n\n 44. For the preparation and issuance of a summons for interrogation by an\n execution creditor, a fee of $5. If there is no outstanding execution, and one\n is requested herewith, the clerk shall be allowed an additional fee of $1.50,\n in accordance with subdivision A 44.\n\nB. In accordance with § 17.1-281, the clerk shall collect fees under\nsubdivisions A 7, A 13, A 16, A 18 if applicable, A 20, A 22, A 24, A 26, A 29,\nand A 31 to be designated for courthouse construction, renovation or\nmaintenance.\n\nC. In accordance with § 17.1-278, the clerk shall collect fees under\nsubdivisions A 7, A 13, A 16, A 18 if applicable, A 20, A 22, A 24, A 26, A 29,\nand A 31 to be designated for services provided for the poor, without charge, by\na nonprofit legal aid program.\n\nD. In accordance with § 42.1-70, the clerk shall collect fees under\nsubdivisions A 7, A 13, A 16, A 18 if applicable, A 20, A 22, A 24, A 26, A 29,\nand A 31 to be designated for public law libraries.\n\nE. All fees collected pursuant to subdivision A 27 and § 17.1-276 shall be\ndeposited by the clerk into a special revenue fund held by the clerk, which will\nrestrict the funds to their statutory purpose.\n\nF. The provisions of this section shall control the fees charged by clerks of\ncircuit courts for the services above described.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 14-123, p. 614; 1952, c. 146; 1954, c. 138; 1956, c. 217;\n1964, c. 386, \u00a7 14.1-112; 1966, c. 217; 1970, c. 522; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 95;\n1972, cc. 626, 627, 647; 1973, c. 159; 1974, cc. 370, 523; 1975, c. 226; 1976,\nc. 344; 1977, cc. 449, 463; 1978, c. 502; 1980, c. 145; 1983, c. 103; 1984, cc.\n225, 356; 1985, cc. 94, 201; 1986, c. 538; 1988, cc. 49, 52; 1989, c. 595; 1990,\ncc. 88, 738, 971; 1992, c. 784; 1993, cc. 95, 299, 386; 1994, cc. 64, 432, 498,\n842; 1995, cc. 51, 371, 440, 463, 525, \u00a7 14.1-111.1; 1996, cc. 344, 976; 1997,\ncc. 215, 921; 1998, cc. 783, 840, 872; 1999, cc. 9, 1003; 2000, cc. 826, 830;\n2001, cc. 481, 496, 501, 836; 2002, cc. 831, 832; 2004, c. 1004; 2005, cc. 373,\n681; 2006, cc. 318, 623, 718, 825; 2007, cc. 548, 626, 646; 2009, c. 594; 2010,\nc. 874; 2011, cc. 707, 890; 2012, cc. 420, 714, 780; 2013, c. 263; 2014, c. 282;\n2015, c. 641; 2017, c. 200; 2020, cc. 68, 69, 589, 653; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c.\n427; 2022, c. 377.","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}}