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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81456</law_id><section_number>16.1-69.48:3</section_number><catch_line>Fees charged to drug offenders</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>18.2-251.02</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="16.1">Courts Not of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="4.1">District Courts</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="5">Financing of the District System</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Whenever in a general district <span class="dictionary">court</span> the costs provided for in subsection C of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Fixed fee for misdemeanors, traffic infractions and other violations in district court; additional fees to be added" href="/16.1-69.48_1/">16.1-69.48:1</a> are assessed for a violation of any provision of Article 1 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Use of terms &quot;controlled substances,&quot; &quot;marijuana,&quot; &quot;Schedules I, II, III, IV, V, and VI,&quot; &quot;imitation controlled substance,&quot; and &quot;counterfeit controlled substance&quot; in Title 18.2" href="/18.2-247/">18.2-247</a> et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2, a portion of the costs, as specified in subsection C of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Fixed fee for misdemeanors, traffic infractions and other violations in district court; additional fees to be added" href="/16.1-69.48_1/">16.1-69.48:1</a>, shall be included in the taxed costs and paid into the Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund.</p></section></text><history>1995, c. 463, &#xA7; 14.1-134.1; 1998, cc. 783, 840, 872; 2002, c. 831; 2004, c. 1004.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
