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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62489</law_id><section_number>19.2-11.3</section_number><catch_line>Virginia Crime Victim-Witness Fund</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="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1.1">Crime Victim and Witness Rights Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>There is hereby established the Virginia <span class="dictionary">Crime</span> Victim-<span class="dictionary">Witness</span> Fund as a special nonreverting fund to be administered by the Department of Criminal Justice Services to support victim and <span class="dictionary">witness</span> services that meet the minimum standards prescribed for such programs under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Establishment of crime victim-witness assistance programs; funding; minimum standards" href="/19.2-11.1/">19.2-11.1</a>. A portion of the sum collected pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Fixed fee for misdemeanors, traffic infractions and other violations in district court; additional fees to be added" href="/16.1-69.48_1/">16.1-69.48:1</a>, <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>, and <a class="law" title="Fixed misdemeanor revocation fee" href="/17.1-275.9/">17.1-275.9</a>, as specified in these sections, shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of this Fund. The Fund shall be distributed according to grant procedures adopted pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Establishment of victim and witness assistance programs; purpose; guidelines" href="/9.1-104/">9.1-104</a> and shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. Any funds remaining in such Fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the general fund, but shall remain in the Fund. Interest earned on the Fund shall be credited to the Fund.</p></section></text><history>1995, c. 371; 2002, c. 831.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
