                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN SUCCESSFUL PLAINTIFF NOT TO RECOVER COSTS (§ 17.1-602)

In any personal action not on contract, if a verdict is returned for the
plaintiff, on an issue or otherwise, for less damages than ten dollars, he shall
not recover in respect to such verdict any costs, unless the court enter of
record that the object of the action was to try a right, besides the mere right
to recover damages for the trespass or grievance in respect to which the action
was brought, or that the trespass or grievance was willful or malicious.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 14-176; 1964, c. 386, § 14.1-179; 1998, c. 872.