                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FIXED FEE FOR FELONY REDUCED TO MISDEMEANOR (§ 17.1-275.2)

In circuit court, upon the conviction of a person of any and each misdemeanor
reduced from a felony charge, or upon a deferred disposition of proceedings in
the case of any and each misdemeanor reduced from a felony charge and deferred
pursuant to the terms and conditions of § 4.1-305, 16.1-278.8, 16.1-278.9,
18.2-57.3, 19.2-298.02, 19.2-303.2, or 19.2-303.6, there shall be assessed as
court costs a fee of $227, to be known as the fixed fee for felony reduced to
misdemeanor. However, this section shall not apply to those proceedings provided
for in § 17.1-275.8.
		The amount collected, in whole or in part, for the fixed fee for felony
reduced to misdemeanor shall be apportioned to the following funds in the
fractional amounts designated:

1. Sentencing/supervision fee (General Fund) (.1695154);

2. Forensic science fund (.1707048);

3. Court reporter fund (.1465639);

4. Witness expenses/expert witness fund (.0088106);

5. Virginia Crime Victim-Witness Fund (.0132159);

6. Intensified Drug Enforcement Jurisdiction Fund (.0176211);

7. Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund (.0881057);

8. Commonwealth&#8217;s attorney fund (state share) (.0881057);

9. Commonwealth&#8217;s attorney fund (local share) (.0881057);

10. Regional Criminal Justice Academy Training Fund (.0044053);

11. Warrant fee (.0528634);

12. Courthouse construction/maintenance fund (.0088106); and

13. Clerk of the circuit court (.1431718).

HISTORY: 1999, c. 9; 2002, c. 831; 2003, c. 1039; 2005, c. 631; 2011, c. 565;
2020, c. 1004; 2020, Sp. Sess. I, c. 21.