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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73688</law_id><section_number>15.2-1716</section_number><catch_line>Reimbursement of expenses incurred in responding to DUI and related incidents</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-364</reference><reference>46.2-417</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="17">Police and Public Order</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">locality</span> may provide by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> that a person convicted of violating any of the following provisions shall, at the time of sentencing or in a separate <span class="dictionary">civil action</span>, be liable to the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> or to any responding volunteer fire company or department or volunteer emergency medical services agency, or both, for <span class="dictionary">restitution</span> of reasonable expenses incurred by the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> for responding <span class="dictionary">law</span> enforcement, firefighting, and emergency medical services, including those incurred by the sheriff&#x2019;s office of such <span class="dictionary">locality</span>, or by any volunteer fire or volunteer emergency medical services agency, or by any combination of the foregoing, when providing an <span class="dictionary">appropriate emergency response</span> to any accident or incident related to such violation. The <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> may further provide that a person convicted of violating any of the following provisions shall, at the time of sentencing or in a separate <span class="dictionary">civil action</span>, be liable to the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> or to any responding volunteer fire or volunteer emergency medical services agency, or both, for <span class="dictionary">restitution</span> of reasonable expenses incurred by the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> when issuing any related <span class="dictionary">arrest</span> warrant or <span class="dictionary">summons</span>, including the expenses incurred by the sheriff&#x2019;s office of such <span class="dictionary">locality</span>, or by any volunteer fire or volunteer emergency medical services agency, or by any combination of the foregoing: <a id="paragraph-265020" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-1716/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Certain conduct punishable as involuntary manslaughter" href="/18.2-36.1/">18.2-36.1</a>, <a class="law" title="Maiming, etc., of another resulting from driving while intoxicated" href="/18.2-51.4/">18.2-51.4</a>, <a class="law" title="Driving motor vehicle, engine, etc., while intoxicated, etc" href="/18.2-266/">18.2-266</a>, <a class="law" title="Persons under age 21 driving after illegally consuming alcohol; penalty" href="/18.2-266.1/">18.2-266.1</a>, <a class="law" title="Operating boat or manipulating water skis, etc., in reckless manner or while intoxicated, etc" href="/29.1-738/">29.1-738</a>, <a class="law" title="Persons under age twenty-one operating watercraft after illegally consuming alcohol; penalty" href="/29.1-738.02/">29.1-738.02</a>, or <a class="law" title="Driving a commercial motor vehicle while intoxicated, etc" href="/46.2-341.24/">46.2-341.24</a>, or a similar <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, when such operation of a motor vehicle, engine, train or watercraft while so impaired is the proximate cause of the accident or incident; <a id="paragraph-265021" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-1716/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The provisions of Article 7 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Reckless driving; general rule" href="/46.2-852/">46.2-852</a> et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 46.2 relating to <span class="dictionary">reckless driving</span>, when such <span class="dictionary">reckless driving</span> is the proximate cause of the accident or incident; <a id="paragraph-265022" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-1716/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The provisions of Article 1 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Driving without license prohibited; penalties" href="/46.2-300/">46.2-300</a> et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 46.2 relating to driving without a license or driving with a suspended or revoked license; and <a id="paragraph-265023" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-1716/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Duty of driver to stop, etc., in event of accident involving injury or death or damage to attended property; penalty" href="/46.2-894/">46.2-894</a> relating to improperly leaving the scene of an accident. <a id="paragraph-265024" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-1716/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Personal liability under this section for reasonable expenses of an <span class="dictionary">appropriate emergency response</span> pursuant to subsection A shall not exceed $1,000 in the aggregate for a particular accident, <span class="dictionary">arrest</span>, or incident occurring in such <span class="dictionary">locality</span>. In determining the &#x201C;reasonable expenses,&#x201D; a <span class="dictionary">locality</span> may bill a flat fee of $350 or a minute-by-minute accounting of the actual costs incurred. As used in this section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">appropriate emergency response</span>&#x201D; includes all costs of providing <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement, firefighting, and emergency medical services. The <span class="dictionary">court</span> may <span class="dictionary">order</span> as <span class="dictionary">restitution</span> the reasonable expenses incurred by the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> for responding <span class="dictionary">law</span> enforcement, firefighting, and emergency medical services. The provisions of this section shall not preempt or limit any remedy available to the Commonwealth, to the <span class="dictionary">locality</span>, or to any volunteer emergency medical services agency to recover the reasonable expenses of an emergency response to an accident or incident not involving impaired driving, operation of a vehicle, or other conduct as set forth herein. <a id="paragraph-265025" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-1716/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1994, c. 617, &#xA7; 15.1-132.1; 1995, cc. 683, 685, 830; 1997, cc. 587, 691; 2001, c. 505; 2003, c. 796; 2004, c. 273; 2005, cc. 148, 366; 2006, c. 679; 2009, c. 245; 2010, c. 343; 2015, cc. 502, 503.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
