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Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent such clerks from receiving any future increases that may be allowed clerks of circuit courts from time to time by the General Assembly.\n\t\tSuch salaries shall be in full compensation for services and shall be in lieu of the retention by such clerks of any and all official fees, commissions and emoluments of whatever kind or character, and from whatever source derived; and the city council of each such city shall provide for the payment of such salaries out of the city treasury in equal biweekly, semimonthly or monthly installments. The expenses of office of such clerks, including the compensation of all deputies and employees, shall likewise be paid to each such clerk out of the city treasury on duly authenticated vouchers when and as such expenses are incurred or may become due and payable or at least monthly. The maximum amount of such expenses shall be fixed by the Compensation Board, and the Board shall fix the number and compensation of the deputies and employees of each such clerk.\n\t\tAll fees, commissions, and emoluments of every kind or character received or collected by such clerks, and from whatever source derived, shall be paid into the city treasury by such clerks monthly. All fees, commissions, and emoluments of every kind and character whether payable by the Commonwealth, the United States, or by private persons, firms or corporations, now or hereafter made receivable by laws or ordinance by such clerks, shall continue to be paid to and collected by such clerks and shall be paid into the city treasury monthly, except that the city aforesaid shall not be required to pay any such clerk any fees or commissions for services performed for such city.\n\t\tExcept as to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the City of Newport News, nothing in this section shall be construed to affect or remove any of such clerks, their deputies, or employees from coverage by the Virginia Retirement System, but they shall remain in such system, and the city shall pay to the Virginia Retirement System such amount as the Commonwealth would have been required to pay had such clerks, deputies and employees continued to be compensated under other provisions of former Article 3 (\u00a7 14.1-136 et seq.) of Chapter 2 of Title 14.1, and the city shall deduct from the salaries paid such clerks, their deputies and employees the employee contribution to the Virginia Retirement System as provided by law.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":227375,"text":"In the City of Richmond and in the City of Newport News, the clerk of the circuit court shall be paid a salary by the city of not less than the amount which would be allowed to be retained by the respective clerks under state law. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent such clerks from receiving any future increases that may be allowed clerks of circuit courts from time to time by the General Assembly.\n\t\tSuch salaries shall be in full compensation for services and shall be in lieu of the retention by such clerks of any and all official fees, commissions and emoluments of whatever kind or character, and from whatever source derived; and the city council of each such city shall provide for the payment of such salaries out of the city treasury in equal biweekly, semimonthly or monthly installments. The expenses of office of such clerks, including the compensation of all deputies and employees, shall likewise be paid to each such clerk out of the city treasury on duly authenticated vouchers when and as such expenses are incurred or may become due and payable or at least monthly. The maximum amount of such expenses shall be fixed by the Compensation Board, and the Board shall fix the number and compensation of the deputies and employees of each such clerk.\n\t\tAll fees, commissions, and emoluments of every kind or character received or collected by such clerks, and from whatever source derived, shall be paid into the city treasury by such clerks monthly. All fees, commissions, and emoluments of every kind and character whether payable by the Commonwealth, the United States, or by private persons, firms or corporations, now or hereafter made receivable by laws or ordinance by such clerks, shall continue to be paid to and collected by such clerks and shall be paid into the city treasury monthly, except that the city aforesaid shall not be required to pay any such clerk any fees or commissions for services performed for such city.\n\t\tExcept as to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the City of Newport News, nothing in this section shall be construed to affect or remove any of such clerks, their deputies, or employees from coverage by the Virginia Retirement System, but they shall remain in such system, and the city shall pay to the Virginia Retirement System such amount as the Commonwealth would have been required to pay had such clerks, deputies and employees continued to be compensated under other provisions of former Article 3 (\u00a7 14.1-136 et seq.) of Chapter 2 of Title 14.1, and the city shall deduct from the salaries paid such clerks, their deputies and employees the employee contribution to the Virginia Retirement System as provided by law.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13880,"edition_id":1,"name":"Fees","identifier":"7","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13472,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:09","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:09","permalink":{"id":163289,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13880,"identifier":"7","token":"17.1\/2\/7","url":"\/17.1\/2\/7\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13472,"edition_id":1,"name":"Clerks, Clerks' Offices and Records","identifier":"2","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12766,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:58","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:58","permalink":{"id":162961,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13472,"identifier":"2","token":"17.1\/2","url":"\/17.1\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12766,"edition_id":1,"name":"Courts of Record","identifier":"17.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":162799,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12766,"identifier":"17.1","token":"17.1","url":"\/17.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":83818,"structure_id":13880,"section_number":"17.1-266","catch_line":"Services rendered in Commonwealth's cases","url":"\/17.1-266\/","token":"17.1\/2\/7\/17.1-266","metadata":false},{"id":63126,"structure_id":13880,"section_number":"17.1-267","catch_line":"Services for which clerks may not charge","url":"\/17.1-267\/","token":"17.1\/2\/7\/17.1-267","metadata":false},{"id":68160,"structure_id":13880,"section_number":"17.1-268","catch_line":"Fee for effort to serve when person cannot be found","url":"\/17.1-268\/","token":"17.1\/2\/7\/17.1-268","metadata":false},{"id":71647,"structure_id":13880,"section_number":"17.1-269","catch_line":"To whom fees charged","url":"\/17.1-269\/","token":"17.1\/2\/7\/17.1-269","metadata":false},{"id":56555,"structure_id":13880,"section_number":"17.1-270","catch_line":"Officer to state fees, etc., on affidavit, deposition or report","url":"\/17.1-270\/","token":"17.1\/2\/7\/17.1-270","metadata":false},{"id":54909,"structure_id":13880,"section_number":"17.1-271","catch_line":"Deposit of money in bank","url":"\/17.1-271\/","token":"17.1\/2\/7\/17.1-271","metadata":false},{"id":85531,"structure_id":13880,"section_number":"17.1-272","catch_line":"Process and service fees generally","url":"\/17.1-272\/","token":"17.1\/2\/7\/17.1-272","metadata":false},{"id":61224,"structure_id":13880,"section_number":"17.1-273","catch_line":"Establishment and disposition of fees collected by certain high constable","url":"\/17.1-273\/","token":"17.1\/2\/7\/17.1-273","metadata":false},{"id":70312,"structure_id":13880,"section_number":"17.1-274","catch_line":"Commission on forthcoming bond","url":"\/17.1-274\/","token":"17.1\/2\/7\/17.1-274","metadata":false},{"id":71931,"structure_id":13880,"section_number":"17.1-275","catch_line":"Fees collected by clerks of circuit courts; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 382 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 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1973, chapter 544; in 1981, chapter 14; in 1983, chapter 580; in 1998, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0872\">872<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":163443,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62341,"identifier":"17.1-288","token":"17.1\/2\/7\/17.1-288","url":"\/17.1-288\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-288\/","token":"17.1\/2\/7\/17.1-288","dublin_core":{"Title":"Compensation and expenses of clerks of circuit courts in Cities of Richmond and Newport News","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-288","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In the City of Richmond and in the City of Newport News, the clerk of the <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> shall be paid a salary by the city of not less than the amount which would be allowed to be retained by the respective clerks under state <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent such clerks from receiving any future increases that may be allowed clerks of <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">courts<\/span> from time to time by the General Assembly.\n\t\tSuch salaries shall be in full compensation for services and shall be in lieu of the retention by such clerks of any and all official fees, commissions and emoluments of whatever kind or character, and from whatever source derived; and the city council of each such city shall provide for the payment of such salaries out of the city treasury in equal biweekly, semimonthly or monthly installments. The expenses of office of such clerks, including the compensation of all deputies and employees, shall likewise be paid to each such clerk out of the city treasury on duly authenticated vouchers when and as such expenses are incurred or may become due and payable or at least monthly. The maximum amount of such expenses shall be fixed by the Compensation Board, and the Board shall fix the number and compensation of the deputies and employees of each such clerk.\n\t\tAll fees, commissions, and emoluments of every kind or character received or collected by such clerks, and from whatever source derived, shall be paid into the city treasury by such clerks monthly. All fees, commissions, and emoluments of every kind and character whether payable by the Commonwealth, the United States, or by private persons, firms or corporations, now or hereafter made receivable by <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> by such clerks, shall continue to be paid to and collected by such clerks and shall be paid into the city treasury monthly, except that the city aforesaid shall not be required to pay any such clerk any fees or commissions for services performed for such city.\n\t\tExcept as to the Clerk of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Court<\/span> of the City of Newport News, nothing in this section shall be construed to affect or remove any of such clerks, their deputies, or employees from coverage by the Virginia Retirement System, but they shall remain in such system, and the city shall pay to the Virginia Retirement System such amount as the Commonwealth would have been required to pay had such clerks, deputies and employees continued to be compensated under other provisions of former Article 3 (\u00a7&nbsp;14.1-136 et seq.) of Chapter 2 of Title 14.1, and the city shall deduct from the salaries paid such clerks, their deputies and employees the employee contribution to the Virginia Retirement System as provided by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMPENSATION AND EXPENSES OF CLERKS OF CIRCUIT COURTS IN CITIES OF RICHMOND AND\nNEWPORT NEWS (\u00a7 17.1-288)\n\nIn the City of Richmond and in the City of Newport News, the clerk of the\ncircuit court shall be paid a salary by the city of not less than the amount\nwhich would be allowed to be retained by the respective clerks under state law.\nNothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent such clerks from\nreceiving any future increases that may be allowed clerks of circuit courts from\ntime to time by the General Assembly.\n\t\tSuch salaries shall be in full compensation for services and shall be in lieu\nof the retention by such clerks of any and all official fees, commissions and\nemoluments of whatever kind or character, and from whatever source derived; and\nthe city council of each such city shall provide for the payment of such\nsalaries out of the city treasury in equal biweekly, semimonthly or monthly\ninstallments. The expenses of office of such clerks, including the compensation\nof all deputies and employees, shall likewise be paid to each such clerk out of\nthe city treasury on duly authenticated vouchers when and as such expenses are\nincurred or may become due and payable or at least monthly. The maximum amount\nof such expenses shall be fixed by the Compensation Board, and the Board shall\nfix the number and compensation of the deputies and employees of each such\nclerk.\n\t\tAll fees, commissions, and emoluments of every kind or character received or\ncollected by such clerks, and from whatever source derived, shall be paid into\nthe city treasury by such clerks monthly. All fees, commissions, and emoluments\nof every kind and character whether payable by the Commonwealth, the United\nStates, or by private persons, firms or corporations, now or hereafter made\nreceivable by laws or ordinance by such clerks, shall continue to be paid to and\ncollected by such clerks and shall be paid into the city treasury monthly,\nexcept that the city aforesaid shall not be required to pay any such clerk any\nfees or commissions for services performed for such city.\n\t\tExcept as to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the City of Newport News,\nnothing in this section shall be construed to affect or remove any of such\nclerks, their deputies, or employees from coverage by the Virginia Retirement\nSystem, but they shall remain in such system, and the city shall pay to the\nVirginia Retirement System such amount as the Commonwealth would have been\nrequired to pay had such clerks, deputies and employees continued to be\ncompensated under other provisions of former Article 3 (\u00a7 14.1-136 et seq.) of\nChapter 2 of Title 14.1, and the city shall deduct from the salaries paid such\nclerks, their deputies and employees the employee contribution to the Virginia\nRetirement System as provided by law.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 382, \u00a7 14.1-144.1; 1973, c. 544; 1981, c. 14; 1983, c. 580;\n1998, c. 872.","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}}