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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67534</law_id><section_number>17.1-275.11:1</section_number><catch_line>Additional fee assessed for conviction requiring computer analysis</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><reference>8.01-446</reference></referred_to_by><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>In addition to the fees provided for by &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Fixed felony fee" href="/17.1-275.1/">17.1-275.1</a> through <a class="law" title="Amounts to be added; judgment in favor of the Commonwealth" href="/17.1-275.5/">17.1-275.5</a>, <a class="law" title="Fixed misdemeanor fee" href="/17.1-275.7/">17.1-275.7</a>, <a class="law" title="Fixed drug misdemeanor fee" href="/17.1-275.8/">17.1-275.8</a>, and <a class="law" title="Fixed misdemeanor revocation fee" href="/17.1-275.9/">17.1-275.9</a>, upon a <span class="dictionary">finding</span> of guilty of any charge or charges in which any computer forensic analysis revealed <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> used at <span class="dictionary">trial</span> of a <span class="dictionary">defendant</span>, the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> may be assessed costs in an amount equal to the actual cost of the computer forensic analysis not to exceed $100 for each computer analyzed by any state or local <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement agency. Upon <span class="dictionary">motion</span> and submission to the <span class="dictionary">court</span> of an <span class="dictionary">affidavit</span> by the <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement agency setting forth the number of computers analyzed and the total amount of costs requested, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall determine the appropriate amount to be assessed and <span class="dictionary">order</span> such amount paid to the <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement agency.</p></section></text><history>2011, c. 511.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
