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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54909</law_id><section_number>17.1-271</section_number><catch_line>Deposit of money in bank</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="17.1">Courts of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="2">Clerks, Clerks' Offices and Records</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="7">Fees</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Whenever any clerk of a <span class="dictionary">court</span> receives or collects any money for or on account of the Commonwealth or any county, city, town or person, he shall, within a reasonable time, deposit the same in such bank or banks selected by him to the credit of an official account, and in the event of the failure or insolvency of such bank, the clerk shall not be responsible for any loss of funds resulting from such failure or insolvency.
		Any such officer who deposits any such money in his personal account, knowingly intermingles any of the same with his personal funds, or otherwise violates any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. However, <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> hereunder shall not preclude criminal <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> under any other section of this Code.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 14-112; 1964, c. 386, &#xA7; 14.1-101; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 155; 1981, c. 152; 1993, c. 334; 1998, c. 872.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
