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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72403</law_id><section_number>8.01-266</section_number><catch_line>Costs</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.01-267</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="5">Venue</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In any <span class="dictionary">action</span> which is transferred or retained for <span class="dictionary">trial</span> pursuant to this chapter, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> in which the <span class="dictionary">action</span> is initially brought may award an amount necessary to compensate a <span class="dictionary">party</span> for such inconvenience, expense, and delay as he may have been caused by the commencement of the <span class="dictionary">suit</span> in a forum to which an objection, pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Venue improperly laid; objection" href="/8.01-264/">8.01-264</a>, is sustained or by the bringing of a frivolous <span class="dictionary">motion</span> to transfer. In addition, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> may award those attorney&#x2019;s fees deemed just and reasonable which are occasioned by such commencement of a <span class="dictionary">suit</span> or by such <span class="dictionary">motion</span> to transfer. The awarding of such costs by the transferor <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall not preclude the assessment of costs by the clerk of the transferee <span class="dictionary">court</span>.</p></section></text><history>1977, c. 617; 1994, c. 32.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
