                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

GENERAL DUTY OF ATTORNEYS FOR THE COMMONWEALTH; COMPENSATION (§ 3.2-5141)

Whenever a violation of any laws governing the manufacture and preparation for
sale, storage, and sale of articles used as food or condiment by human beings or
animals, commonly known as the &#8220;pure food&#8221; and &#8220;feeding stuffs
laws,&#8221; is reported by the Commissioner to any attorney for the
Commonwealth it shall be the duty of the attorney for the Commonwealth to
commence proceedings and prosecute without delay for the fines and penalties in
cases prescribed and upon the termination of such proceedings to report in
detail to the Commissioner, the results.
		For every conviction in any case instituted by any attorney for the
Commonwealth upon the complaint of the Commissioner, the attorney for the
Commonwealth prosecuting any such case, after he has reported the results to the
Commissioner, shall be entitled to a fee of $10 that shall be taxed as a part of
the costs in the case, as costs are taxed in other criminal cases, and execution
issued therefor against the defendant; and the fee shall be paid notwithstanding
any law to the contrary limiting or prescribing the compensation and fees of
attorneys for the Commonwealth.
		In any case of a sale or delivery of goods in violation of the provisions of
the pure food or feeding stuffs laws, the person making such sale or delivery,
may be prosecuted either in the county or city where the sale or delivery
originated, or in the county or city where the illegal goods were found by the
Commissioner.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 3-321, 3-336; 1966, c. 702, §§ 3.1-401, 3.1-415;
1972, c. 741; 2008, c. 860.