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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70648</law_id><section_number>58.1-3177</section_number><catch_line>Duties of the clerk; deposit of funds; investment of funds; failure to pay out</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="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Local Taxes</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="31">Local Officers</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Clerks of Court</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The clerk shall have the duty, unless it is otherwise specially ordered, to receive, take charge of and hold all moneys paid into the court and to pay out or dispose of these moneys as the <span class="dictionary">court orders</span> or <span class="dictionary">decrees</span>. To this end, the clerk is authorized to verify, receive, and give acquittances for all such moneys. <a id="paragraph-254868" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-3177/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> All moneys received by the clerk shall be deposited intact as soon as practical and secured in accordance with the Virginia Security for Public Deposits Act (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Short title; declaration of intent; applicability" href="/2.2-4400/">2.2-4400</a> et seq.). <a id="paragraph-254869" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-3177/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The clerk may invest all moneys paid into the court in certificates of deposit, time deposits or in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 45 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Legal investments for public sinking funds" href="/2.2-4500/">2.2-4500</a> et seq.) of Title 2.2. Unless otherwise provided by <span class="dictionary">law</span> or <span class="dictionary">court order</span>, all interest or investment income shall become income of the person or entity that paid the moneys to the clerk. <a id="paragraph-254870" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-3177/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Except as otherwise ordered by the court, for good cause shown, the clerk shall be liable for any loss of income which results from his failure to pay out any money so ordered by the court within sixty days of the <span class="dictionary">court order</span>. <a id="paragraph-254871" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-3177/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1991, c. 635.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
