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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1960, chapter 366; in 1975, chapter 495; in 1995, chapter 51<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1396975,"object_type":"law","relational_id":351704,"identifier":"19.2-338","token":"19.2\/20\/19.2-338","url":"\/19.2-338\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-338\/","token":"19.2\/20\/19.2-338","dublin_core":{"Title":"Collection by town of cost of transporting prisoners","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-338","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Notwithstanding any provision of any charter or any law<\/span> to the contrary, any town may provide that any person convicted of violating any ordinance<\/span> of the town may be charged, in addition to all other costs, fines, fees and charges, the costs of transporting such person so convicted to and from a jail or other penal institution outside the corporate limits of such town designated by the town as a place of confinement for persons arrested for violating the ordinances<\/span> of the town and required to be held in jail pending trial<\/span> upon such charge. The cost of such transportation shall be taxed as a part of the costs payable by persons convicted of violating such ordinances<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> No officer transporting any person convicted of violating any ordinance<\/span> of the town, as provided in subsection (1) hereof, shall charge or be paid, nor shall such town receive directly or indirectly, more than the cost of transporting such person when more than one person is transported. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOLLECTION BY TOWN OF COST OF TRANSPORTING PRISONERS (\u00a7 19.2-338)\n\n1. Notwithstanding any provision of any charter or any law to the contrary, any\ntown may provide that any person convicted of violating any ordinance of the\ntown may be charged, in addition to all other costs, fines, fees and charges,\nthe costs of transporting such person so convicted to and from a jail or other\npenal institution outside the corporate limits of such town designated by the\ntown as a place of confinement for persons arrested for violating the ordinances\nof the town and required to be held in jail pending trial upon such charge. The\ncost of such transportation shall be taxed as a part of the costs payable by\npersons convicted of violating such ordinances.\n\n2. No officer transporting any person convicted of violating any ordinance of\nthe town, as provided in subsection (1) hereof, shall charge or be paid, nor\nshall such town receive directly or indirectly, more than the cost of\ntransporting such person when more than one person is transported.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 19.1-322; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1995, c. 51.","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"}}