                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

JUDGMENT OR DECREE FOR COSTS ON BEHALF OF COMMONWEALTH; COSTS TO BE PAID INTO
STATE TREASURY (§ 17.1-628)

In a case wherein there is judgment or decree on behalf of the Commonwealth for
costs, there shall be taxed in the costs the charge actually incurred to give
any notice, although it be more than fifty cents; and the fees of attorneys and
other officers for services, and allowances for attendance, as if such fees and
allowances were payable out of the state treasury. What is so taxed for fees of,
or allowance to, any person, shall be paid by the sheriff or officer who may
receive such costs into the state treasury.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 14-196; 1964, c. 386, § 14.1-200; 1998, c. 872.