                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROCESS AND SERVICE FEES GENERALLY (§ 17.1-272)

A. The fee for process and service in the following instances shall be $12:

   1. Service on any person, firm or corporation, an order, notice, summons or
   any other civil process, except as herein otherwise provided, and for service
   on any person, firm, or corporation any process when the body is not taken and
   making a return thereof, except that no fee shall be charged for service
   pursuant to &#xA7; 2.2-4022.

   2. Summoning a witness or garnishee on an attachment.

   3. Service on any person of an attachment or other process under which the
   body is taken and making a return thereon.

   4. Service of any order of court not otherwise provided for, except that no
   fees shall be charged for protective orders issued pursuant to Chapter 11
   (&#xA7; 16.1-226 et seq.) of Title 16.1.

   5. Making a return of a writ of fieri facias where no levy is made or
   forthcoming bond is taken.

   6. Summoning a witness in any case in which custody or visitation of a minor
   child or children is at issue.

B. The fees for process and service in the following instances shall be $25:

   1. Service and publication of any notice of a publicly-advertised public sale.

   2. Service of a writ of possession or writ of eviction, except that there
   shall be an additional fee of $12 for each additional defendant.

   3. Levying upon current money, bank notes, goods or chattels of a judgment
   debtor pursuant to &#xA7; 8.01-478.

   4. Service of a declaration in ejectment on any person, firm or corporation,
   except that there shall be an additional fee of $12 for each additional
   defendant.

   5. Levying distress warrant or an attachment.

   6. Levying an execution.

C. The process and service fee for serving any papers returnable out of state
shall be $75, except no fees shall be charged for the service of papers in
connection with the prosecution of any misdemeanor or felony domestic violence
offense, or in connection with the filing, issuance, registration, or service of
a protective order or a petition for a protective order. A victim of domestic
violence, stalking, or sexual assault shall not bear the costs associated with
the filing of criminal charges against the offender, and no victim shall bear
the costs associated with the filing, issuance, registration, or service of a
warrant, protective order, petition for a protective order, or witness subpoena,
issued inside or outside the Commonwealth.

D. The fees set out in this section shall be allowable for services provided by
such officers in the circuit and district courts.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 14-104, 14-116, p. 25; 1964, c. 386, §§ 14.1-93,
14.1-105; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 155; 1972, c. 719; 1975, c. 591; 1976, cc. 308,
310; 1981, c. 411; 1982, c. 674; 1983, c. 407; 1984, c. 317; 1992, c. 648; 1995,
c. 51, § 14.1-95.1; 1998, c. 872; 2002, c. 508; 2004, cc. 198, 211, 588; 2011,
cc. 445, 480; 2019, cc. 180, 700.