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Penalties imposed and costs taxed in any such proceeding shall constitute a judgment and, if not paid at the time they are imposed, execution may issue thereon in the same manner as upon any other monetary judgment. No such proceeding of any nature, however, shall be brought or had for the recovery of such a penalty or costs due the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, unless within 60 years from the date of the offense or delinquency giving rise to imposition of such penalty if imposed by a circuit court or within 30 years if imposed by a general district court.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":301712,"text":"When any statute or ordinance prescribes a monetary penalty other than a fine, unless it is otherwise expressly provided or would be inconsistent with the manifest intention of the General Assembly, it shall be paid to the Commonwealth if prescribed by a statute and paid to the locality if prescribed by an ordinance and recoverable by warrant, presentment, indictment, or information. Penalties imposed and costs taxed in any such proceeding shall constitute a judgment and, if not paid at the time they are imposed, execution may issue thereon in the same manner as upon any other monetary judgment. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1960, chapter 366; in 1975, chapter 495; in 1983, chapter 499; in 1995, chapter 438<\/a>; in 2018, chapter 736<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":66716,"section_number":"19.2-340","catch_line":"Fines; how recovered; in what name","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-340\/"},{"id":77147,"section_number":"19.2-342","catch_line":"Where and in what court proceeding to be","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-342\/"},{"id":55661,"section_number":"19.2-354.1","catch_line":"Deferred or installment payment agreements","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-354.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":169993,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84177,"identifier":"19.2-341","token":"19.2\/21\/1\/19.2-341","url":"\/19.2-341\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-341\/","token":"19.2\/21\/1\/19.2-341","dublin_core":{"Title":"Penalties other than fines; how recovered; in what name; limitation of actions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-341","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When any statute<\/span> or ordinance<\/span> prescribes a monetary penalty<\/span> other than a fine, unless it is otherwise expressly provided or would be inconsistent with the manifest intention of the General Assembly, it shall be paid to the Commonwealth if prescribed by a statute<\/span> and paid to the locality if prescribed by an ordinance<\/span> and recoverable by warrant, presentment<\/span>, indictment<\/span>, or information. Penalties imposed and costs taxed in any such proceeding shall constitute a judgment<\/span> and, if not paid at the time they are imposed, execution may issue<\/span> thereon in the same manner as upon any other monetary judgment<\/span>. No such proceeding of any nature, however, shall be brought or had for the recovery of such a penalty<\/span> or costs due the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, unless within 60 years from the date of the offense<\/span> or delinquency giving rise to imposition of such penalty<\/span> if imposed by a circuit<\/span> court<\/span> or within 30 years if imposed by a general district court<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPENALTIES OTHER THAN FINES; HOW RECOVERED; IN WHAT NAME; LIMITATION OF ACTIONS\n(\u00a7 19.2-341)\n\nWhen any statute or ordinance prescribes a monetary penalty other than a fine,\nunless it is otherwise expressly provided or would be inconsistent with the\nmanifest intention of the General Assembly, it shall be paid to the Commonwealth\nif prescribed by a statute and paid to the locality if prescribed by an\nordinance and recoverable by warrant, presentment, indictment, or information.\nPenalties imposed and costs taxed in any such proceeding shall constitute a\njudgment and, if not paid at the time they are imposed, execution may issue\nthereon in the same manner as upon any other monetary judgment. No such\nproceeding of any nature, however, shall be brought or had for the recovery of\nsuch a penalty or costs due the Commonwealth or any political subdivision\nthereof, unless within 60 years from the date of the offense or delinquency\ngiving rise to imposition of such penalty if imposed by a circuit court or\nwithin 30 years if imposed by a general district court.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 19.1-324; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1983, c. 499; 1995,\nc. 438; 2018, c. 736.","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}}