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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56847</law_id><section_number>45.2-1163</section_number><catch_line> Fees and costs</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="45.2">Mines, Minerals, and Energy</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Mineral Mines</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="A">Mineral Mines Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="11">Mineral Mine Safety Act</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="8">Enforcement and Penalties; Reports of Violations</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No fees or costs shall be charged to the Commonwealth by a <span class="dictionary">court</span> or any officer for or in connection with the filing of any pleading or other papers in any action authorized by this article.</p></section></text><history>1997, c. 390, &#xA7; 45.1-161.292:69; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
