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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64013</law_id><section_number>17.1-279.1</section_number><catch_line>Additional assessment for electronic summons system</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>Any county, city, or town, through its governing body, may assess an additional sum not in excess of $5 as part of the costs in each criminal or traffic case in the district or <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">courts</span> located where such cases are brought in which the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> is charged with a violation of any <span class="dictionary">statute</span> or <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, which violation in the case of towns arose within the town, and where the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> is charged with a violation of any such <span class="dictionary">statute</span> or <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> by a local <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement agency. The imposition of such assessment shall be by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> of the governing body, which may provide for different sums in <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">courts</span> and district <span class="dictionary">courts</span>. The assessment shall be collected by the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> in which the action is filed, remitted to the treasurer of the appropriate county, city, or town, and held by such treasurer subject to disbursements by the governing body to a local <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement agency solely to fund software, hardware, and associated equipment costs for the implementation and maintenance of an electronic <span class="dictionary">summons</span> system. The imposition of a town assessment shall replace any county fee that would otherwise apply.</p></section></text><history>2014, c. 325; 2015, cc. 546, 643; 2020, c. 342.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
