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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77280</law_id><section_number>19.2-339</section_number><catch_line>Word &amp;#8220;fine&amp;#8221; construed</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-336</reference><reference>65.2-202</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="21">Recovery of Fines and Penalties</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Proceedings to Recover</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Whenever the word &#x201C;fine&#x201D; is used in this chapter, it shall be construed to refer solely to the pecuniary <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> imposed by a <span class="dictionary">court</span> or <span class="dictionary">jury</span> upon a <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> who has been found guilty of a <span class="dictionary">crime</span>. The word &#x201C;fine&#x201D; shall not include other forfeitures, penalties, costs, amercements or the like, even though they follow as a consequence of <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> of <span class="dictionary">crime</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 19.1-323; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
