                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROCESSING FEE MAY BE IMPOSED ON CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS (§ 15.2-1613.1)

Any county or city may by ordinance authorize a processing fee not to exceed $25
on any individual admitted to a county, city, or regional jail following
conviction. The fee shall be ordered as a part of court costs collected by the
clerk, deposited into the account of the treasurer of the county or city and
shall be used by the local sheriff&#8217;s office to defray the costs of
processing arrested persons into local or regional jails. If processing costs
are incurred by a regional jail rather than a local sheriff&#8217;s office, the
fees collected pursuant to such ordinance may be used by the regional jail to
defray the costs of processing arrested persons. Where costs are incurred by a
sheriff&#8217;s office and a regional jail the fees collected pursuant to such
ordinance may be divided proportionately as determined by the local governing
body or bodies, between the sheriff&#8217;s office and the regional jail. Where
costs are incurred by a police department for booking or fingerprinting
services, the fees collected pursuant to such ordinance may be divided
proportionately as determined by the local governing body or bodies, between the
sheriff&#8217;s office and the police department.

HISTORY: 2002, c. 840; 2003, c. 623; 2011, cc. 300, 664.