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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 617 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1994, chapter 32<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":60621,"section_number":"8.01-267","catch_line":"Discretion of judge","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-267\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":86879,"section_number":"8.01-264","catch_line":"Venue improperly laid; objection","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-264\/"}],"permalink":{"id":281325,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72403,"identifier":"8.01-266","token":"8.01\/5\/8.01-266","url":"\/8.01-266\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-266\/","token":"8.01\/5\/8.01-266","dublin_core":{"Title":"Costs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-266","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In any action<\/span> which is transferred or retained for trial<\/span> pursuant to this chapter, the court<\/span> in which the action<\/span> is initially brought may award an amount necessary to compensate a party<\/span> for such inconvenience, expense, and delay as he may have been caused by the commencement of the suit<\/span> in a forum to which an objection, pursuant to \u00a7 8.01-264<\/a>, is sustained or by the bringing of a frivolous motion<\/span> to transfer. In addition, the court<\/span> may award those attorney’s fees deemed just and reasonable which are occasioned by such commencement of a suit<\/span> or by such motion<\/span> to transfer. The awarding of such costs by the transferor court<\/span> shall not preclude the assessment of costs by the clerk of the transferee court<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOSTS (\u00a7 8.01-266)\n\nIn any action which is transferred or retained for trial pursuant to this\nchapter, the court in which the action is initially brought may award an amount\nnecessary to compensate a party for such inconvenience, expense, and delay as he\nmay have been caused by the commencement of the suit in a forum to which an\nobjection, pursuant to \u00a7 8.01-264, is sustained or by the bringing of a\nfrivolous motion to transfer. In addition, the court may award those\nattorney’s fees deemed just and reasonable which are occasioned by such\ncommencement of a suit or by such motion to transfer. The awarding of such costs\nby the transferor court shall not preclude the assessment of costs by the clerk\nof the transferee court.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 617; 1994, c. 32.","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}}