                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PAYMENT OF EXPENSES OF APPEALS OF INDIGENT DEFENDANTS (§ 19.2-326)

In any felony or misdemeanor case wherein the judge of the circuit court, from
the affidavit of the defendant or any other evidence certifies that the
defendant is financially unable to pay his attorney fees, costs, and expenses
incident to an appeal, the court to which an appeal is taken shall order the
payment of such attorney fees in an amount not less than $300, costs, or
necessary expenses of such attorney in an amount deemed reasonable by the court,
by the Commonwealth out of the appropriation for criminal charges. If the
conviction is upheld on appeal, the attorney fees, costs, and necessary expenses
of such attorney paid by the Commonwealth under the provisions of this section
may be assessed against the defendant.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 17-30.2; 1962, c. 419; 1964, c. 651; 1975, c. 495; 1980,
c. 626; 1984, c. 703; 2025, c. 612.