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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69998</law_id><section_number>17.1-275.8</section_number><catch_line>Fixed drug misdemeanor fee</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>17.1-275</reference><reference>17.1-275.10</reference><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>17.1-275.2</reference><reference>17.1-275.5</reference><reference>17.1-275.6</reference><reference>17.1-275.7</reference><reference>19.2-11.3</reference><reference>19.2-354</reference><reference>19.2-368.18</reference><reference>53.1-150</reference><reference>8.01-446</reference><reference>9.1-106</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 <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span>, upon <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> of any and each <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> charge, whether or not originally charged as a <span class="dictionary">felony</span>, 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, or upon a deferred <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> of proceedings in the case of any and each <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> charge, whether or not originally charged as a <span class="dictionary">felony</span>, deferred pursuant to the terms and conditions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Persons charged with first offense may be placed on probation; conditions; substance abuse screening, assessment treatment and education programs or services; drug tests; costs and fees; violations; discharge" href="/18.2-251/">18.2-251</a>, there shall be assessed as <span class="dictionary">court</span> costs a fee of $296.50, to be known as the fixed drug <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> fee. This fee shall be in addition to any fee assessed in the district <span class="dictionary">court</span>.
		The amount collected, in whole or in part, for the fixed drug <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> fee shall be apportioned, as provided by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, to the following funds in the fractional amounts designated:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Sentencing/supervision fee (General Fund) (.1264755); <a id="paragraph-252900" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.8/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> <span class="dictionary">Court Reporter</span> Fund (.0168634); <a id="paragraph-252901" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.8/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Witness expenses/<span class="dictionary">expert witness</span> fee (General Fund) (.0067454); <a id="paragraph-252902" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.8/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Virginia <span class="dictionary">Crime</span> Victim-Witness Fund (.0101180); <a id="paragraph-252903" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.8/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Intensified Drug Enforcement <span class="dictionary">Jurisdiction</span> Fund (.0134907); <a id="paragraph-252904" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.8/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund (.0674536); <a id="paragraph-252905" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.8/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="7"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> Commonwealth&#x2019;s Attorney Fund (state share) (.0252951); <a id="paragraph-252906" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.8/#7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="8"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> Commonwealth&#x2019;s Attorney Fund (local share) (.0252951); <a id="paragraph-252907" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.8/#8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="9"><p><span class="prefix-number">9.</span> Regional Criminal Justice Academy Training Fund (.0033727); <a id="paragraph-252908" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.8/#9"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="10"><p><span class="prefix-number">10.</span> Warrant fee, as prescribed by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Process and service fees generally" href="/17.1-272/">17.1-272</a> (.0404722); <a id="paragraph-252909" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.8/#10"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="11"><p><span class="prefix-number">11.</span> Courthouse Construction/Maintenance Fund (.0067454); <a id="paragraph-252910" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.8/#11"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="12"><p><span class="prefix-number">12.</span> Clerk of the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> court (.0674536); <a id="paragraph-252911" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.8/#12"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="13"><p><span class="prefix-number">13.</span> Forensic laboratory fee (General Fund) (.3372681); and <a id="paragraph-252912" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.8/#13"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="14"><p><span class="prefix-number">14.</span> Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund (.2529511). <a id="paragraph-252913" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-275.8/#14"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2002, c. 831; 2003, c. 1039; 2004, c. 1004; 2011, c. 565.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
