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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62680</law_id><section_number>15.2-1613.1</section_number><catch_line>Processing fee may be imposed on certain individuals</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>17.1-275.5</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="16">Local Constitutional Officers, Courthouses and Supplies</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Sheriff</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">county</span> or <span class="dictionary">city</span> may by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> authorize a processing fee not to exceed $25 on any individual admitted to a <span class="dictionary">county</span>, <span class="dictionary">city</span>, or regional jail following <span class="dictionary">conviction</span>. The fee shall be ordered as a part of <span class="dictionary">court</span> costs collected by the clerk, deposited into the account of the treasurer of the <span class="dictionary">county</span> or <span class="dictionary">city</span> and shall be used by the local sheriff&#x2019;s office to defray the costs of processing arrested persons into local or regional jails. If processing costs are incurred by a regional jail rather than a local sheriff&#x2019;s office, the fees collected pursuant to such <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> may be used by the regional jail to defray the costs of processing arrested persons. Where costs are incurred by a sheriff&#x2019;s office and a regional jail the fees collected pursuant to such <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> may be divided proportionately as determined by the local <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> or bodies, between the sheriff&#x2019;s office and the regional jail. Where costs are incurred by a police department for booking or fingerprinting services, the fees collected pursuant to such <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> may be divided proportionately as determined by the local <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> or bodies, between the sheriff&#x2019;s office and the police department.</p></section></text><history>2002, c. 840; 2003, c. 623; 2011, cc. 300, 664.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
