                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

OFFICERS TO PAY FINES TO CLERKS; DEFAULT; FORFEITURE, ETC (§ 19.2-352)

Every sheriff or other officer receiving money under a writ of fieri facias or
capias pro fine shall pay the same to the clerk of the court from which such
process issued, on or before the return day of such process; and if such sheriff
or other officer fail to pay the money, or fail to return such writ of fieri
facias or capias pro fine, he shall, for every such failure, unless good cause
be shown therefor, forfeit twenty dollars; and the clerk shall, within ten days
from the return day of such process, report the failure to pay such money, or to
return such process, to the attorney for the Commonwealth, who shall proceed at
once against such officer in default to recover such money and the forfeiture
aforesaid.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-345; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.