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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72889</law_id><section_number>63.2-1959</section_number><catch_line>Department exempt from fees</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="63.2">Welfare (Social Services)</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="V">Administrative Child Support</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="19">Child Support Enforcement</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="10">Financial Operations</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No filing or recording fees, <span class="dictionary">court</span> fees, or fees for <span class="dictionary">service of process</span> shall be required from the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> by any clerk, auditor, sheriff or other local officer for the filing of any actions or documents authorized by this chapter or, for the service of any <span class="dictionary">summons</span> or other process in any action or proceeding authorized by this chapter.</p></section></text><history>1988, c. 906, &#xA7; 63.1-274.7; 2002, c. 747.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
