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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59038</law_id><section_number>17.1-275.5</section_number><catch_line>Amounts to be added; judgment in favor of the Commonwealth</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>17.1-275.11</reference><reference>17.1-275.11:1</reference><reference>17.1-275.12</reference><reference>17.1-275.14</reference><reference>19.2-336</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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The clerk shall assess, in addition to the fees provided for by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Fixed felony fee" href="/17.1-275.1/">17.1-275.1</a>, <a class="law" title="Fixed fee for felony reduced to misdemeanor" href="/17.1-275.2/">17.1-275.2</a>, <a class="law" title="Fixed felony revocation fee" href="/17.1-275.3/">17.1-275.3</a>, <a class="law" title="Fixed misdemeanor reduced from felony revocation fee" href="/17.1-275.4/">17.1-275.4</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>, <a class="law" title="Fixed misdemeanor revocation fee" href="/17.1-275.9/">17.1-275.9</a>, <a class="law" title="Additional fee" href="/17.1-275.10/">17.1-275.10</a>, <a class="law" title="Additional fee assessed for conviction of certain offenses" href="/17.1-275.11/">17.1-275.11</a>, <a class="law" title="Additional fee assessed for conviction requiring computer analysis" href="/17.1-275.11_1/">17.1-275.11:1</a>, or <a class="law" title="Additional fee for Internet Crimes Against Children Fund" href="/17.1-275.12/">17.1-275.12</a>, the following costs: <a id="paragraph-216452" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.5/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Any amount paid by the Commonwealth for legal representation of the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span>; <a id="paragraph-216453" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.5/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Any amount paid for <span class="dictionary">trial</span> <span class="dictionary">transcripts</span>; <a id="paragraph-216454" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.5/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> <span class="dictionary">Extradition</span> costs; <a id="paragraph-216455" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.5/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Costs of psychiatric evaluation; <a id="paragraph-216456" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.5/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Costs taxed against the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> as <span class="dictionary">appellant</span> under Rule 5A:30 of the Rules of the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span>; <a id="paragraph-216457" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.5/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Any fee for a returned check or disallowed credit card charge assessed pursuant to subdivision A 28 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Fees collected by clerks of circuit courts; generally" href="/17.1-275/">17.1-275</a>; <a id="paragraph-216458" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.5/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">jury</span> costs; <a id="paragraph-216459" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.5/#A7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A8" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> Any assessment made pursuant to subdivision A 10 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Fees collected by clerks of circuit courts; generally" href="/17.1-275/">17.1-275</a>; <a id="paragraph-216460" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.5/#A8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A9" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">9.</span> Any fees prescribed in &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Fees" href="/18.2-268.8/">18.2-268.8</a> and <a class="law" title="Fees" href="/46.2-341.26_8/">46.2-341.26:8</a>; <a id="paragraph-216461" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.5/#A9"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A10" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">10.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">court</span> costs related to an ignition interlock device; <a id="paragraph-216462" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.5/#A10"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A11" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">11.</span> Any fee for testing for HIV; <a id="paragraph-216463" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.5/#A11"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A12" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">12.</span> Any fee for processing an individual admitted to jail as prescribed in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Processing fee may be imposed on certain individuals" href="/15.2-1613.1/">15.2-1613.1</a>; <a id="paragraph-216464" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.5/#A12"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A13" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">13.</span> Any fee for courthouse security personnel as prescribed in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Sheriff to provide for courthouse and courtroom security; designation of deputies for such purpose; assessment" href="/53.1-120/">53.1-120</a>; <a id="paragraph-216465" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.5/#A13"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A14" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">14.</span> Any fee for a DNA sample as prescribed in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Blood, saliva, or tissue sample required for DNA analysis upon conviction of certain crimes; fee" href="/19.2-310.2/">19.2-310.2</a>; <a id="paragraph-216466" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.5/#A14"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A15" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">15.</span> Reimbursement to the Commonwealth of medical fees as prescribed in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Payment of medical fees in certain criminal cases; reimbursement" href="/19.2-165.1/">19.2-165.1</a>; <a id="paragraph-216467" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.5/#A15"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A16" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">16.</span> Any fee for a local criminal justice training academy as prescribed in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Regional Criminal Justice Academy Training Fund; local fee" href="/9.1-106/">9.1-106</a>; <a id="paragraph-216468" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.5/#A16"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A17" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">17.</span> Any fee prescribed by &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Additional fee assessed for conviction of certain offenses" href="/16.1-69.48_1.01/">16.1-69.48:1.01</a> and <a class="law" title="Additional fee assessed for conviction of certain offenses" href="/17.1-275.11/">17.1-275.11</a>; <a id="paragraph-216469" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.5/#A17"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A18" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">18.</span> Any expenses charged pursuant to subsection B or F of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Procedures for notifying accused of certificate of analysis; waiver; continuances" href="/19.2-187.1/">19.2-187.1</a>; and <a id="paragraph-216470" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.5/#A18"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A19" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">19.</span> Any fee for an electronic <span class="dictionary">summons</span> system as prescribed in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Additional assessment for electronic summons system" href="/17.1-279.1/">17.1-279.1</a>. <a id="paragraph-216471" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.5/#A19"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The total amount of assessments described in subsection A, including (i) the fees provided for by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Fixed felony fee" href="/17.1-275.1/">17.1-275.1</a>, <a class="law" title="Fixed fee for felony reduced to misdemeanor" href="/17.1-275.2/">17.1-275.2</a>, <a class="law" title="Fixed felony revocation fee" href="/17.1-275.3/">17.1-275.3</a>, <a class="law" title="Fixed misdemeanor reduced from felony revocation fee" href="/17.1-275.4/">17.1-275.4</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>, <a class="law" title="Fixed misdemeanor revocation fee" href="/17.1-275.9/">17.1-275.9</a>, <a class="law" title="Additional fee" href="/17.1-275.10/">17.1-275.10</a>, <a class="law" title="Additional fee assessed for conviction of certain offenses" href="/17.1-275.11/">17.1-275.11</a>, <a class="law" title="Additional fee assessed for conviction requiring computer analysis" href="/17.1-275.11_1/">17.1-275.11:1</a>, or <a class="law" title="Additional fee for Internet Crimes Against Children Fund" href="/17.1-275.12/">17.1-275.12</a> and (ii) all other fines and costs, shall be docketed by the clerk as a <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> against the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> in favor of the Commonwealth in accordance with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Clerks to keep judgment dockets; what judgments to be docketed therein" href="/8.01-446/">8.01-446</a>. <a id="paragraph-216472" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.5/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1999, c. 9; 2002, c. 831; 2003, cc. 1001, 1022, 1039; 2010, c. 555; 2012, c. 714; 2013, c. 263; 2014, c. 325; 2015, c. 641.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
