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I, c. 188.","full_text":"In addition to the fees provided for by \u00a7\u00a7 17.1-275.1, 17.1-275.2, 17.1-275.7, 17.1-275.10, and 17.1-275.12, any person convicted of a misdemeanor violation of \u00a7 18.2-346.01 or of \u00a7 18.2-348 or 18.2-349 shall be ordered to pay a $100 fee, and any person convicted of a violation of clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) of \u00a7 18.2-48, or of \u00a7 18.2-368, or any felony violation of the laws pertaining to commercial sex trafficking or prostitution offenses pursuant to Article 3 (\u00a7 18.2-346 et seq.) of Chapter 8, with the exception of \u00a7 18.2-361, shall be ordered to pay a $500 fee. All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Virginia Prevention of Sex Trafficking Fund to be used in accordance with \u00a7 9.1-116.4.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1304552,"text":"In addition to the fees provided for by \u00a7\u00a7 17.1-275.1, 17.1-275.2, 17.1-275.7, 17.1-275.10, and 17.1-275.12, any person convicted of a misdemeanor violation of \u00a7 18.2-346.01 or of \u00a7 18.2-348 or 18.2-349 shall be ordered to pay a $100 fee, and any person convicted of a violation of clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) of \u00a7 18.2-48, or of \u00a7 18.2-368, or any felony violation of the laws pertaining to commercial sex trafficking or prostitution offenses pursuant to Article 3 (\u00a7 18.2-346 et seq.) of Chapter 8, with the exception of \u00a7 18.2-361, shall be ordered to pay a $500 fee. All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Virginia Prevention of Sex Trafficking Fund to be used in accordance with \u00a7 9.1-116.4.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":50116,"edition_id":2,"name":"Fees","identifier":"7","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":8,"parent_id":50108,"metadata":{"child_laws":42,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:22:31","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:30:12","permalink":{"id":1390291,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":50116,"identifier":"7","token":"17.1\/2\/7","url":"\/17.1\/2\/7\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":50108,"edition_id":2,"name":"Clerks, Clerks' Offices and Records","identifier":"2","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":2,"parent_id":50105,"metadata":{"child_laws":125,"child_structures":9},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:22:22","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:30:10","permalink":{"id":1389963,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":50108,"identifier":"2","token":"17.1\/2","url":"\/17.1\/2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":50105,"edition_id":2,"name":"Courts of Record","identifier":"17.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":50,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":322,"child_structures":25},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:22:16","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:30:09","permalink":{"id":1389801,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":50105,"identifier":"17.1","token":"17.1","url":"\/17.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":350042,"structure_id":50116,"section_number":"17.1-266","catch_line":"Services rendered in Commonwealth's cases","url":"\/17.1-266\/","token":"17.1\/2\/7\/17.1-266","metadata":false},{"id":350043,"structure_id":50116,"section_number":"17.1-267","catch_line":"Services for which clerks may not charge","url":"\/17.1-267\/","token":"17.1\/2\/7\/17.1-267","metadata":false},{"id":350044,"structure_id":50116,"section_number":"17.1-268","catch_line":"Fee for effort to serve when person cannot be found","url":"\/17.1-268\/","token":"17.1\/2\/7\/17.1-268","metadata":false},{"id":350045,"structure_id":50116,"section_number":"17.1-269","catch_line":"To whom fees charged","url":"\/17.1-269\/","token":"17.1\/2\/7\/17.1-269","metadata":false},{"id":350046,"structure_id":50116,"section_number":"17.1-270","catch_line":"Officer to state fees, etc., on affidavit, deposition or report","url":"\/17.1-270\/","token":"17.1\/2\/7\/17.1-270","metadata":{"court_decisions":""}},{"id":350047,"structure_id":50116,"section_number":"17.1-271","catch_line":"Deposit of money in bank","url":"\/17.1-271\/","token":"17.1\/2\/7\/17.1-271","metadata":{"court_decisions":""}},{"id":350048,"structure_id":50116,"section_number":"17.1-272","catch_line":"Process and service fees generally","url":"\/17.1-272\/","token":"17.1\/2\/7\/17.1-272","metadata":false},{"id":350049,"structure_id":50116,"section_number":"17.1-273","catch_line":"Establishment and disposition of fees collected by certain high constable","url":"\/17.1-273\/","token":"17.1\/2\/7\/17.1-273","metadata":false},{"id":350050,"structure_id":50116,"section_number":"17.1-274","catch_line":"Commission on forthcoming bond","url":"\/17.1-274\/","token":"17.1\/2\/7\/17.1-274","metadata":false},{"id":350066,"structure_id":50116,"section_number":"17.1-275","catch_line":"Fees collected by clerks of circuit courts; generally","url":"\/17.1-275\/","token":"17.1\/2\/7\/17.1-275","metadata":{"court_decisions":{"0":{"name":"Johnson v. Clerk, Wise County Circuit Court (ORDER)","case_number":"1240012","citation":null,"date":"2024-08-15","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/10041279\/johnson-v-clerk-wise-county-circuit-court-order\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. VIRGINIA: .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"<abbr title=\"Supreme Court of Virginia\">SCV<\/abbr>"},"1":{"name":"Hines v. Commonwealth","case_number":"0481021","citation":"576 S.E.2d 781","date":"2003-02-25","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/1064344\/hines-v-commonwealth\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. 576 S.E.2d 781 (2003) .\u202f.\u202f. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0728\">728<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2020, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0122\">122<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":350057,"section_number":"17.1-275.14","catch_line":"Additional fee for Virginia State Police Electronic Summons System Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-275.14\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":350051,"section_number":"17.1-275.1","catch_line":"Fixed felony fee","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-275.1\/"},{"id":350052,"section_number":"17.1-275.10","catch_line":"Additional fee","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-275.10\/"},{"id":350055,"section_number":"17.1-275.12","catch_line":"Additional fee for Internet Crimes Against Children Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-275.12\/"},{"id":350058,"section_number":"17.1-275.2","catch_line":"Fixed fee for felony reduced to misdemeanor","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-275.2\/"},{"id":350063,"section_number":"17.1-275.7","catch_line":"Fixed misdemeanor fee","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-275.7\/"},{"id":350826,"section_number":"18.2-346","catch_line":"Prostitution; commercial sexual conduct; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-346\/"},{"id":350824,"section_number":"18.2-346.01","catch_line":"Prostitution; solicitation; commercial exploitation of a minor; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-346.01\/"},{"id":350829,"section_number":"18.2-348","catch_line":"Aiding prostitution or illicit sexual intercourse, etc.; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-348\/"},{"id":350830,"section_number":"18.2-349","catch_line":"Using vehicles to promote prostitution or unlawful sexual intercourse; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-349\/"},{"id":350849,"section_number":"18.2-361","catch_line":"Crimes against nature; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-361\/"},{"id":350856,"section_number":"18.2-368","catch_line":"Placing or leaving spouse for prostitution; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-368\/"},{"id":351038,"section_number":"18.2-48","catch_line":"Abduction with intent to extort money or for immoral purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-48\/"},{"id":378552,"section_number":"9.1-116.4","catch_line":"Virginia Prevention of Sex Trafficking Fund; purpose; guidelines","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-116.4\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1390353,"object_type":"law","relational_id":350056,"identifier":"17.1-275.13","token":"17.1\/2\/7\/17.1-275.13","url":"\/17.1-275.13\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-275.13\/","token":"17.1\/2\/7\/17.1-275.13","dublin_core":{"Title":"Additional fee for offenses related to sex trafficking","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-275.13","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In addition to the fees provided for by \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Fixed felony fee\" href=\"\/17.1-275.1\/\">17.1-275.1<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Fixed fee for felony reduced to misdemeanor\" href=\"\/17.1-275.2\/\">17.1-275.2<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Fixed misdemeanor fee\" href=\"\/17.1-275.7\/\">17.1-275.7<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Additional fee\" href=\"\/17.1-275.10\/\">17.1-275.10<\/a>, and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Additional fee for Internet Crimes Against Children Fund\" href=\"\/17.1-275.12\/\">17.1-275.12<\/a>, any person convicted of a <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span> violation of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Prostitution; solicitation; commercial exploitation of a minor; penalties\" href=\"\/18.2-346.01\/\">18.2-346.01<\/a> or of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Aiding prostitution or illicit sexual intercourse, etc.; penalty\" href=\"\/18.2-348\/\">18.2-348<\/a> or <a class=\"law\" title=\"Using vehicles to promote prostitution or unlawful sexual intercourse; penalty\" href=\"\/18.2-349\/\">18.2-349<\/a> shall be ordered to pay a $100 fee, and any person convicted of a violation of clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Abduction with intent to extort money or for immoral purpose\" href=\"\/18.2-48\/\">18.2-48<\/a>, or of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Placing or leaving spouse for prostitution; penalty\" href=\"\/18.2-368\/\">18.2-368<\/a>, or any <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span> violation of the <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> pertaining to commercial sex trafficking or prostitution <span class=\"dictionary\">offenses<\/span> pursuant to Article 3 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Prostitution; commercial sexual conduct; penalties\" href=\"\/18.2-346\/\">18.2-346<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 8, with the exception of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Crimes against nature; penalty\" href=\"\/18.2-361\/\">18.2-361<\/a>, shall be ordered to pay a $500 fee. All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Virginia Prevention of Sex Trafficking Fund to be used in accordance with \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Virginia Prevention of Sex Trafficking Fund; purpose; guidelines\" href=\"\/9.1-116.4\/\">9.1-116.4<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADDITIONAL FEE FOR OFFENSES RELATED TO SEX TRAFFICKING (\u00a7 17.1-275.13)\n\nIn addition to the fees provided for by \u00a7\u00a7 17.1-275.1, 17.1-275.2, 17.1-275.7,\n17.1-275.10, and 17.1-275.12, any person convicted of a misdemeanor violation of\n\u00a7 18.2-346.01 or of \u00a7 18.2-348 or 18.2-349 shall be ordered to pay a $100 fee,\nand any person convicted of a violation of clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) of \u00a7\n18.2-48, or of \u00a7 18.2-368, or any felony violation of the laws pertaining to\ncommercial sex trafficking or prostitution offenses pursuant to Article 3 (\u00a7\n18.2-346 et seq.) of Chapter 8, with the exception of \u00a7 18.2-361, shall be\nordered to pay a $500 fee. All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be\ndeposited into the Virginia Prevention of Sex Trafficking Fund to be used in\naccordance with \u00a7 9.1-116.4.\n\nHISTORY: 2019, c. 728; 2020, c. 122; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 188.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}