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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1964, chapter 386; in 1998, chapter 872<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":76386,"section_number":"17.1-627","catch_line":"Premium on indemnifying bond taxed as costs","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-627\/"},{"id":66717,"section_number":"8.01-316","catch_line":"Service by publication; when available","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-316\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":163849,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74651,"identifier":"17.1-601","token":"17.1\/6\/17.1-601","url":"\/17.1-601\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-601\/","token":"17.1\/6\/17.1-601","dublin_core":{"Title":"General rule as to recovery of costs on final judgment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-601","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Except when it is otherwise provided, the party<\/span> for whom final judgment<\/span> is given in an action or motion<\/span> shall recover his costs against the opposite party<\/span>. When the action is against two or more and there is a judgment<\/span> for, or discontinuance as to, some, but not all of the defendants<\/span>, unless the court<\/span> enter of record that there was reasonable cause for making defendants<\/span> those for whom there is such judgment<\/span>, or as to whom there is such discontinuance and shall order<\/span> otherwise, they shall recover their costs.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGENERAL RULE AS TO RECOVERY OF COSTS ON FINAL JUDGMENT (\u00a7 17.1-601)\n\nExcept when it is otherwise provided, the party for whom final judgment is given\nin an action or motion shall recover his costs against the opposite party. When\nthe action is against two or more and there is a judgment for, or discontinuance\nas to, some, but not all of the defendants, unless the court enter of record\nthat there was reasonable cause for making defendants those for whom there is\nsuch judgment, or as to whom there is such discontinuance and shall order\notherwise, they shall recover their costs.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 14-175; 1964, c. 386, \u00a7 14.1-178; 1998, 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}}