                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ADDITIONAL FEES IN CERTAIN COURTS; USE BY VIRGINIA STATE BAR (§ 17.1-278)

In addition to the fees prescribed by § 16.1-69.48:2 and subdivision A 13 of §
17.1-275 and to be collected by the clerk of the circuit or general district
court upon the filing of papers for the commencement of civil actions in such
courts, the following additional fees shall be collected in all cities and
counties in which civil legal representation is provided for the poor, without
charge, by a nonprofit legal aid program organized under the auspices of the
Virginia State Bar: (i) upon commencement of a civil action in such circuit
court, an additional fee of $10 and (ii) upon commencement of a civil action in
such general district court, an additional fee of $10.
		The additional fees prescribed by this action shall be collected by the clerk
at the time of the filing. The amounts so collected shall be paid by the clerk
to the state treasury and credited as follows: (i) $9 to a special fund within
the Virginia State Bar fund to be designated the Legal Aid Services Fund, and
(ii) $1 to the general fund for funding of the district courts of the
Commonwealth. Such amount for the district courts shall be used to assist
indigent litigants. Such amounts credited to the Legal Aid Services Fund shall
be disbursed by the Virginia State Bar by check from the State Treasurer upon a
warrant of the Comptroller to nonprofit legal aid programs organized under the
auspices of the Virginia State Bar through the Legal Services Corporation of
Virginia to assist in defraying the costs of such programs. However, the
additional fees prescribed by this section shall not be collected in actions
initiated by any local government or by the Commonwealth.

HISTORY: 1992, cc. 249, 749, § 14.1-125.1; 1998, c. 872; 2002, c. 318; 2004, c.
925; 2005, c. 681; 2006, c. 189; 2008, c. 692.