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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80073</law_id><section_number>17.1-283</section_number><catch_line>Statements required of clerks of courts of record; exceptions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-1538</reference><reference>15.2-1636.18</reference><reference>15.2-540</reference><reference>15.2-639</reference><reference>15.2-848</reference><reference>17.1-285</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> Every clerk of a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of record, except the Clerks of the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span> and the <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of <span class="dictionary">Appeals</span>, shall file monthly with the Compensation Board a full and accurate statement showing all such fees, allowances, commissions, salaries or other compensation or emolument of office, derived from the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, or from any other source whatever, collected or received by him. The statements shall include the date of collection and sources from which the collections were made, and shall be verified by a procedure agreed upon by the Compensation Board and the Auditor of Public Accounts. The statements shall be open to public inspection at all times. <a id="paragraph-286733" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-283/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The statements shall show in detail all sums actually paid for necessary office expenses, premiums on official <span class="dictionary">bond</span> of the principal and deputies, name and amount of compensation to each deputy or assistant, and a detailed statement of every other expense in connection with the administration of the office actually paid out. <a id="paragraph-286734" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/17.1-283/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 14-145, 14-147, 14-148; 1952, c. 446; 1960, c. 584; 1962, c. 439; 1964, c. 386, &#xA7;&#xA7; 14.1-136, 14.1-138, 14.1-139; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 155; 1983, c. 293; 1996, c. 696; 1998, c. 872.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
