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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71519</law_id><section_number>18.2-268.8</section_number><catch_line>Fees</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></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="7">Crimes Involving Health and Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Driving Motor Vehicle, etc., While Intoxicated</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Payment for withdrawing blood shall not exceed $25, which shall be paid out of the appropriation for criminal charges. If the person whose blood sample was withdrawn is subsequently convicted for a violation of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Driving motor vehicle, engine, etc., while intoxicated, etc" href="/18.2-266/">18.2-266</a>, <a class="law" title="Persons under age 21 driving after illegally consuming alcohol; penalty" href="/18.2-266.1/">18.2-266.1</a>, or subsection B of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Driving after forfeiture of license" href="/18.2-272/">18.2-272</a> or of a similar <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, or is placed under the purview of a probational, educational, or rehabilitational program as set forth in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Probation, education, and rehabilitation of person charged or convicted; person convicted under law of another state or federal law" href="/18.2-271.1/">18.2-271.1</a>, the amount charged by the person withdrawing the sample shall be taxed as part of the costs of the criminal case and shall be paid into the general fund of the state treasury.
		If the person whose blood sample was withdrawn is subsequently convicted for violation of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Driving motor vehicle, engine, etc., while intoxicated, etc" href="/18.2-266/">18.2-266</a>, <a class="law" title="Persons under age 21 driving after illegally consuming alcohol; penalty" href="/18.2-266.1/">18.2-266.1</a>, or subsection B of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Driving after forfeiture of license" href="/18.2-272/">18.2-272</a> or a similar <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, a fee of $25 for testing the first blood sample by the Department shall be taxed as part of the costs of the criminal case and shall be paid into the general fund of the state treasury.</p></section></text><history>1992, c. 830; 1994, cc. 359, 363; 2001, c. 561; 2003, cc. 933, 936; 2004, c. 1013; 2005, cc. 757, 840, 868, 881.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
