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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61224</law_id><section_number>17.1-273</section_number><catch_line>Establishment and disposition of fees collected by certain high constable</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>Notwithstanding any provision of <span class="dictionary">law</span> to the contrary, including a general or special act, the City of Norfolk, may, by duly adopted local <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, establish fees for the <span class="dictionary">service of process</span> by the office of the high constable. The office of the high constable in such city shall publish a schedule of such fees by January 1 of each year. Copies of the schedule shall be forwarded to the Clerk of the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of Virginia. Only in the City of Norfolk, shall high constables execute all processes, warrants, summonses and notices in civil cases before the general district <span class="dictionary">court</span> of the city to the exclusion of the sheriff of the city. Any fees, collected by the office of the high constable for such process, shall be deposited in the treasury of the city wherein such office is situated for use in the general operation of city government.</p></section></text><history>1998, c. 872; 2007, c. 813.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
