                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FIXED FEE FOR MISDEMEANORS, TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS AND OTHER VIOLATIONS IN DISTRICT
COURT; ADDITIONAL FEES TO BE ADDED (§ 16.1-69.48:1)

A. Assessment of the fees provided for in this section shall be based on (i) an
appearance for court hearing in which there has been a finding of guilty; (ii) a
written appearance with waiver of court hearing and entry of guilty plea; (iii)
for a defendant failing to appear, a trial in his or her absence resulting in a
finding of guilty; (iv) an appearance for court hearing in which the court
requires that the defendant successfully complete traffic school, a mature
driver motor vehicle crash prevention course, or a driver improvement clinic, in
lieu of a finding of guilty; (v) a deferral of proceedings pursuant to &#xA7;
4.1-305, 4.1-1120, 16.1-278.8, 16.1-278.9, 18.2-57.3, 18.2-251, 19.2-298.02,
19.2-303.2, or 19.2-303.6; or (vi) proof of compliance with law under
&#xA7;&#xA7; 46.2-104, 46.2-300, 46.2-301, 46.2-324, 46.2-613, 46.2-646,
46.2-711, 46.2-715, 46.2-716, 46.2-752, 46.2-1000, 46.2-1003, 46.2-1052,
46.2-1053, and 46.2-1158.02.
			In addition to any other fee prescribed by this section, a fee of $35 shall
be taxed as costs whenever a defendant fails to appear, unless, after a hearing
requested by such person, good cause is shown for such failure to appear. No
defendant with multiple charges arising from a single incident shall be taxed
the applicable fixed fee provided in subsection B, C, or D more than once for a
single appearance or trial in absence related to that incident. However, when a
defendant who has multiple charges arising from the same incident and who has
been assessed a fixed fee for one of those charges is later convicted of another
charge that arises from that same incident and that has a higher fixed fee, he
shall be assessed the difference between the fixed fee earlier assessed and the
higher fixed fee.
			A defendant with charges which arise from separate incidents shall be taxed a
fee for each incident even if the charges from the multiple incidents are
disposed of in a single appearance or trial in absence.
			In addition to the fixed fees assessed pursuant to this section, in the
appropriate cases, the clerk shall also assess any costs otherwise specifically
provided by statute.

B. In misdemeanors tried in district court, except for those proceedings
provided for in subsection C, there shall be assessed as court costs a fixed fee
of $61. The amount collected, in whole or in part, for the fixed fee shall be
apportioned, as provided by law, to the following funds in the fractional
amounts designated:

   1. Processing fee (General Fund) (.573770);

   2. Virginia Crime Victim-Witness Fund (.049180);

   3. Regional Criminal Justice Training Academies Fund (.016393);

   4. Courthouse Construction/Maintenance Fund (.032787);

   5. Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund (.098361);

   6. Intensified Drug Enforcement Jurisdiction Fund (.065574);

   7. Sentencing/supervision fee (General Fund) (.131148); and

   8. Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund (.032787).

C. In criminal actions and proceedings in district court for a violation of any
provision of Article 1 (§ 18.2-247 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2, there
shall be assessed as court costs a fixed fee of $136. The amount collected, in
whole or in part, for the fixed fee shall be apportioned, as provided by law, to
the following funds in the fractional amounts designated:

   1. Processing fee (General Fund) (.257353);

   2. Virginia Crime Victim-Witness Fund (.022059);

   3. Regional Criminal Justice Training Academies Fund (.007353);

   4. Courthouse Construction/Maintenance Fund (.014706);

   5. Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund (.044118);

   6. Intensified Drug Enforcement Jurisdiction Fund (.029412);

   7. Drug Offender Assessment and Treatment Fund (.551471);

   8. Forensic laboratory fee and sentencing/supervision fee (General Fund)
   (.058824); and

   9. Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund (.014706).

D. In traffic infractions tried in district court, there shall be assessed as
court costs a fixed fee of $51. The amount collected, in whole or in part, for
the fixed fee shall be apportioned, as provided by law, to the following funds
in the fractional amounts designated:

   1. Processing fee (General Fund) (.764706);

   2. Virginia Crime Victim-Witness Fund (.058824);

   3. Regional Criminal Justice Training Academies Fund (.019608);

   4. Courthouse Construction/Maintenance Fund (.039216);

   5. Intensified Drug Enforcement Jurisdiction Fund (.078431); and

   6. Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund (.039216).

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 14-132; 1956, c. 556; 1956, Ex. Sess., c. 10; 1958, c.
286; 1960, cc. 278, 368; 1962, c. 546; 1964, c. 386, § 14.1-123; 1968, c. 639;
1970, c. 553; 1975, c. 591; 1977, c. 585; 1978, c. 605; 1979, cc. 525, 594;
1982, cc. 494, 569; 1983, c. 499; 1989, c. 595; 1990, c. 971; 1992, cc. 555,
558; 1995, c. 371; 1996, cc. 62, 976; 1997, c. 215; 1998, c. 872; 2003, cc. 883,
1039; 2004, cc. 371, 375, 1004; 2005, c. 631; 2006, c. 288; 2009, c. 756; 2010,
c. 874; 2011, cc. 283, 890; 2014, c. 282; 2017, c. 670; 2019, cc. 14, 57; 2020,
c. 1004; 2020, Sp. Sess. I, c. 21; 2021 Sp. Sess. I, cc. 550, 551; 2025, c. 121.