                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FEES (§ 18.2-268.8)

Payment for withdrawing blood shall not exceed $25, which shall be paid out of
the appropriation for criminal charges. If the person whose blood sample was
withdrawn is subsequently convicted for a violation of § 18.2-266, 18.2-266.1,
or subsection B of § 18.2-272 or of a similar ordinance, or is placed under the
purview of a probational, educational, or rehabilitational program as set forth
in § 18.2-271.1, the amount charged by the person withdrawing the sample shall
be taxed as part of the costs of the criminal case and shall be paid into the
general fund of the state treasury.
		If the person whose blood sample was withdrawn is subsequently convicted for
violation of § 18.2-266, 18.2-266.1, or subsection B of § 18.2-272 or a
similar ordinance, a fee of $25 for testing the first blood sample by the
Department shall be taxed as part of the costs of the criminal case and shall be
paid into the general fund of the state treasury.

HISTORY: 1992, c. 830; 1994, cc. 359, 363; 2001, c. 561; 2003, cc. 933, 936;
2004, c. 1013; 2005, cc. 757, 840, 868, 881.