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17.1 Courts Of Record
2 Clerks, Clerks' Offices And Records
7 Fees
§ 17.1-266 Services rendered in Commonwealth's cases
Services rendered in Commonwealth's cases
No clerk, sheriff or other officer shall receive payment out of the state treasury for any services rendered in cases of the Commonwealth, whether in a court of record or a court not of record, except as allowed by statute. Localities shall be exempt from paying fees for services rendered by a clerk or other court officer for cases, whether in a court of record or a court not of record, when the locality is a party to a case commenced in a court serving that locality or in any other jurisdiction when the localities have a reciprocal waiver of fees agreement. Sheriffs may, in writing, grant a waiver of the sheriff's fee to one or more localities.
Code 1950, § 14-98; 1964, c. 386, § 14.1-87; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 155; 1998, c. 872; 2007, c. 800.
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Amendment Attempts
SB1293: Clerks, sheriffs, etc.; localities exempt from paying fees for certain services.
SB466: Clerks, sheriffs, etc.; not to receive payment from treasury for services rendered in certain cases. (failed)
§ 55-175 How verdict signed; where returned and recorded