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He shall also tax the costs of executing any order of publication made in the case for such party and of any advertisement from him in the case, made in pursuance of law, allowing the amount charged by the publisher, provided such publisher shall file with his certificate of publication or account a printed copy of his fixed rates of advertising, and his charge shall not exceed them, and the allowances to his witnesses, and every further sum which the court may deem reasonable and direct to be taxed for depositions taken out of the Commonwealth, or for any other matter.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":265176,"text":"The clerk shall tax in the costs all taxes on process, and all fees of officers which the party appears to be chargeable with in the case wherein the recovery is, except that when in any court, on the same side, more than one copy of anything is obtained or taken out, there shall be taxed only the fee for one copy of the same thing. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1964, chapter 386; in 1994, chapter 432<\/a>; in 1998, chapter 872<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63126,"section_number":"17.1-267","catch_line":"Services for which clerks may not charge","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-267\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":163949,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73738,"identifier":"17.1-626","token":"17.1\/6\/17.1-626","url":"\/17.1-626\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-626\/","token":"17.1\/6\/17.1-626","dublin_core":{"Title":"Other items to be taxed in costs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-626","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The clerk shall tax in the costs all taxes on process, and all fees of officers which the party<\/span> appears to be chargeable with in the case wherein the recovery is, except that when in any court<\/span>, on the same side, more than one copy of anything is obtained or taken out, there shall be taxed only the fee for one copy of the same thing. He shall also tax the costs of executing any order<\/span> of publication made in the case for such party<\/span> and of any advertisement from him in the case, made in pursuance of law<\/span>, allowing the amount charged by the publisher, provided such publisher shall file with his certificate of publication or account a printed copy of his fixed rates of advertising, and his charge shall not exceed them, and the allowances to his witnesses, and every further sum which the court<\/span> may deem reasonable and direct to be taxed for depositions<\/span> taken out of the Commonwealth, or for any other matter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOTHER ITEMS TO BE TAXED IN COSTS (\u00a7 17.1-626)\n\nThe clerk shall tax in the costs all taxes on process, and all fees of officers\nwhich the party appears to be chargeable with in the case wherein the recovery\nis, except that when in any court, on the same side, more than one copy of\nanything is obtained or taken out, there shall be taxed only the fee for one\ncopy of the same thing. He shall also tax the costs of executing any order of\npublication made in the case for such party and of any advertisement from him in\nthe case, made in pursuance of law, allowing the amount charged by the\npublisher, provided such publisher shall file with his certificate of\npublication or account a printed copy of his fixed rates of advertising, and his\ncharge shall not exceed them, and the allowances to his witnesses, and every\nfurther sum which the court may deem reasonable and direct to be taxed for\ndepositions taken out of the Commonwealth, or for any other matter.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 14-195; 1964, c. 386, \u00a7 14.1-198; 1994, c. 432; 1998, c.\n872.","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}}