                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FEES AND FINES (§ 16.1-69.48)

A. All fees collected by the judge, substitute judge, clerk or employees, but
not including fees belonging to officers other than the judge, clerk or
employees, of a general district court or juvenile and domestic relations
district court shall be paid promptly to the clerk of the circuit court who
shall pay the same into the state treasury. Fees collected for services of the
attorney for the Commonwealth shall be paid by the clerk of the circuit court,
one-half of such fee shall be paid into the treasury of the county or city in
which the offense for which warrant issued was committed, and the other one-half
of such fees shall be paid by such clerk on his monthly remittance into the
state treasury.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A, fines collected for
violations of city, town or county ordinances shall be paid promptly to the
clerk of the circuit court who shall tender such collected fines on a monthly
basis directly to the city, town or county whose ordinance has been violated and
not to the state treasury. All fines collected for violations of the laws of the
Commonwealth shall be paid promptly to the clerk of the circuit court who shall
pay the same into the state treasury.

C. The word &#8220;fees&#8221; as used in this section shall include all moneys
from every source, exclusive of monthly bank charges, and except collections for
child support or support for a spouse or parent, including by way of
illustration, but not limited to, the fees collected pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7;
15.2-1627.3, 16.1-69.48:1, 18.2-268.1 through 18.2-268.12, 18.2-271.1, 19.2-163,
19.2-368.18, 29.1-551, 46.2-383, 46.2-1135, 46.2-1137 and 46.2-1138.1.

HISTORY: 1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546; 1976, c. 465; 1977, c. 385; 1978, c. 611;
2006, c. 305; 2016, c. 244.