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Fees shall be disposed of according to law.\n\t\tIn all cases, however, in which the arrest is made or the summons is issued by an officer of the Department of State Police or of any other division of the state government, for violation of the motor vehicle laws of the Commonwealth, the person arrested or summoned shall be charged with and tried for a violation of some provision of this title and all fines and forfeitures collected upon convictions of any person so arrested or summoned shall be credited to the Literary Fund.\n\t\tWillful failure, refusal or neglect to comply with this provision shall constitute a Class 4 misdemeanor and may be grounds for removal of the guilty person from office. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1952, chapter 251; in 1958, chapter 541; in 1989, chapter 727; in 2012, chapter 408<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":67729,"section_number":"46.2-1300","catch_line":"Powers of local authorities generally; erection of signs and markers; maximum penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1300\/"},{"id":64574,"section_number":"46.2-1304","catch_line":"Local regulation of trucks and buses","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1304\/"}],"permalink":{"id":230077,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87193,"identifier":"46.2-1308","token":"46.2\/III\/13\/46.2-1308","url":"\/46.2-1308\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1308\/","token":"46.2\/III\/13\/46.2-1308","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disposition of fines in traffic cases; failure or neglect to comply with section","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1308","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In counties, cities, and towns whose governing bodies adopt the ordinances<\/span> authorized by \u00a7\u00a7 46.2-1300<\/a> and 46.2-1304<\/a>, all fines imposed for violations of such ordinances<\/span> shall be paid into the county, city or town treasury. Fees shall be disposed of according to law<\/span>.\n\t\tIn all cases, however, in which the arrest<\/span> is made or the summons<\/span> is issued by an officer of the Department<\/span> of State Police or of any other division of the state government, for violation of the motor vehicle<\/span> laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth, the person arrested or summoned shall be charged with and tried for a violation of some provision of this title and all fines and forfeitures collected upon convictions<\/span> of any person so arrested or summoned shall be credited to the Literary Fund.\n\t\tWillful failure, refusal or neglect to comply with this provision shall constitute a Class 4 misdemeanor<\/span> and may be grounds for removal of the guilty person from office. Charges for dereliction of the duties here imposed shall be tried by the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of the jurisdiction<\/span> served by the officer charged with the violation.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISPOSITION OF FINES IN TRAFFIC CASES; FAILURE OR NEGLECT TO COMPLY WITH SECTION\n(\u00a7 46.2-1308)\n\nIn counties, cities, and towns whose governing bodies adopt the ordinances\nauthorized by \u00a7\u00a7 46.2-1300 and 46.2-1304, all fines imposed for violations of\nsuch ordinances shall be paid into the county, city or town treasury. Fees shall\nbe disposed of according to law.\n\t\tIn all cases, however, in which the arrest is made or the summons is issued by\nan officer of the Department of State Police or of any other division of the\nstate government, for violation of the motor vehicle laws of the Commonwealth,\nthe person arrested or summoned shall be charged with and tried for a violation\nof some provision of this title and all fines and forfeitures collected upon\nconvictions of any person so arrested or summoned shall be credited to the\nLiterary Fund.\n\t\tWillful failure, refusal or neglect to comply with this provision shall\nconstitute a Class 4 misdemeanor and may be grounds for removal of the guilty\nperson from office. Charges for dereliction of the duties here imposed shall be\ntried by the circuit court of the jurisdiction served by the officer charged\nwith the violation.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-199; 1952, c. 251; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-182; 1989, c.\n727; 2012, c. 408.","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}}