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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 1960, chapter 366; in 1975, chapter 495.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":168237,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66117,"identifier":"19.2-9","token":"19.2\/1\/19.2-9","url":"\/19.2-9\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-9\/","token":"19.2\/1\/19.2-9","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prosecution of certain criminal cases removed from state to federal courts; costs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-9","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When any person indicted in the courts<\/span> of this Commonwealth for a violation of its laws<\/span>, has his case removed to the district court<\/span> of the United States under 28 U.S.C. \u00a7 1442, it shall be the duty of the attorney for the Commonwealth for the county or city in which any such indictment<\/span> is found to prosecute<\/span> any such case in the United States district court<\/span> to which the same shall be so removed, and for his services in this behalf he shall be paid a fee of $100 for each case tried by him in such United States district court<\/span>, and mileage at the rate now allowed by law<\/span> to the members of the General Assembly for all necessary travel in going to and returning from such court<\/span>, to be paid on his account when approved by the Attorney General<\/span>.\n\t\tA per diem of one dollar and fifty cents for each day of actual attendance upon such United States district court<\/span> and mileage at a rate as provided by law<\/span> for every mile of necessary travel in going to and returning from such court<\/span> shall be paid out of the state treasury to each witness<\/span> for the Commonwealth in every such case upon accounts therefor against the Commonwealth, certified by the attorney for the Commonwealth prosecuting such case and approved by the Attorney General<\/span>.\n\t\tIt shall not be the duty of the Attorney General<\/span> to appear for the Commonwealth in such cases unless he can do so without interfering with the efficient discharge of the duties imposed upon him by law<\/span>; but he may appear with the attorney for the Commonwealth prosecuting such case in any case when the interests of the Commonwealth may in his judgment<\/span> require his presence.\n\t\tThe Comptroller shall from time to time draw his warrants upon the state treasury in favor of the parties entitled to be paid the above compensation and expenses, or their assigns, upon bills certified and approved as above prescribed.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROSECUTION OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL CASES REMOVED FROM STATE TO FEDERAL COURTS;\nCOSTS (\u00a7 19.2-9)\n\nWhen any person indicted in the courts of this Commonwealth for a violation of\nits laws, has his case removed to the district court of the United States under\n28 U.S.C. \u00a7 1442, it shall be the duty of the attorney for the Commonwealth for\nthe county or city in which any such indictment is found to prosecute any such\ncase in the United States district court to which the same shall be so removed,\nand for his services in this behalf he shall be paid a fee of $100 for each case\ntried by him in such United States district court, and mileage at the rate now\nallowed by law to the members of the General Assembly for all necessary travel\nin going to and returning from such court, to be paid on his account when\napproved by the Attorney General.\n\t\tA per diem of one dollar and fifty cents for each day of actual attendance\nupon such United States district court and mileage at a rate as provided by law\nfor every mile of necessary travel in going to and returning from such court\nshall be paid out of the state treasury to each witness for the Commonwealth in\nevery such case upon accounts therefor against the Commonwealth, certified by\nthe attorney for the Commonwealth prosecuting such case and approved by the\nAttorney General.\n\t\tIt shall not be the duty of the Attorney General to appear for the\nCommonwealth in such cases unless he can do so without interfering with the\nefficient discharge of the duties imposed upon him by law; but he may appear\nwith the attorney for the Commonwealth prosecuting such case in any case when\nthe interests of the Commonwealth may in his judgment require his presence.\n\t\tThe Comptroller shall from time to time draw his warrants upon the state\ntreasury in favor of the parties entitled to be paid the above compensation and\nexpenses, or their assigns, upon bills certified and approved as above\nprescribed.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 19.1-14; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.","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}}