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In default of sufficient personal property to satisfy the same, the officer executing the same shall make report accordingly to the drawing authority of the warrant which may then require the fined person to show whether or not he possesses sufficient property to satisfy the fine and if such property is found to exist and the fined person fails to deliver it over the executing officer shall be ordered to take the body of the delinquent and convey him to the jail of the city or county in which he may be found, whose jailer shall closely confine him without bail until the fine or penalty and jailer’s fees be paid. No such imprisonment shall extend beyond the period of ten days.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1355447,"text":"For the purpose of collecting any fines or penalties imposed by a court-martial, the military judge whenever one sits on such court, and otherwise the president of the court, or the summary court officer, shall, within fifteen days after the fines or penalties have been imposed and approved, make a list of all the persons fined, describing them distinctly, and showing the sums imposed as fines or penalties on each person, and shall draw his warrant, under his official signature, directed to any marshal of the court, or to the sheriff, sergeant, or any policeman of any city or county, as the case may be, thereby commanding him to levy such fines or penalties, together with the costs, on the goods and chattels of such delinquent, and the warrant shall thereupon have the force and effect of fieri facias, but such delinquent shall not be entitled to the benefit of any exemption law of this Commonwealth, as against such warrant and the lien thereof. In default of sufficient personal property to satisfy the same, the officer executing the same shall make report accordingly to the drawing authority of the warrant which may then require the fined person to show whether or not he possesses sufficient property to satisfy the fine and if such property is found to exist and the fined person fails to deliver it over the executing officer shall be ordered to take the body of the delinquent and convey him to the jail of the city or county in which he may be found, whose jailer shall closely confine him without bail until the fine or penalty and jailer’s fees be paid. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1976, chapter 399; in 1977, chapter 74.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1449025,"object_type":"law","relational_id":363894,"identifier":"44-53","token":"44\/1\/4\/44-53","url":"\/44-53\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-53\/","token":"44\/1\/4\/44-53","dublin_core":{"Title":"Collection of fines","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-53","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

For the purpose of collecting any fines or penalties imposed by a court<\/span>-martial, the military judge<\/span> whenever one sits on such court<\/span>, and otherwise the president of the court<\/span>, or the summary court<\/span> officer, shall, within fifteen days after the fines or penalties have been imposed and approved, make a list of all the persons fined, describing them distinctly, and showing the sums imposed as fines or penalties on each person, and shall draw his warrant, under his official signature, directed to any marshal of the court<\/span>, or to the sheriff, sergeant, or any policeman of any city or county, as the case may be, thereby commanding him to levy<\/span> such fines or penalties, together with the costs, on the goods and chattels of such delinquent, and the warrant shall thereupon have the force and effect of fieri facias, but such delinquent shall not be entitled to the benefit of any exemption law<\/span> of this Commonwealth, as against such warrant and the lien<\/span> thereof. In default<\/span> of sufficient personal property to satisfy the same, the officer executing the same shall make report accordingly to the drawing authority of the warrant which may then require the fined person to show whether or not he possesses sufficient property to satisfy the fine and if such property is found to exist and the fined person fails to deliver it over the executing officer shall be ordered to take the body of the delinquent and convey him to the jail of the city or county in which he may be found, whose jailer shall closely confine him without bail<\/span> until the fine or penalty<\/span> and jailer’s fees be paid. No such imprisonment shall extend beyond the period of ten days.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOLLECTION OF FINES (\u00a7 44-53)\n\nFor the purpose of collecting any fines or penalties imposed by a court-martial,\nthe military judge whenever one sits on such court, and otherwise the president\nof the court, or the summary court officer, shall, within fifteen days after the\nfines or penalties have been imposed and approved, make a list of all the\npersons fined, describing them distinctly, and showing the sums imposed as fines\nor penalties on each person, and shall draw his warrant, under his official\nsignature, directed to any marshal of the court, or to the sheriff, sergeant, or\nany policeman of any city or county, as the case may be, thereby commanding him\nto levy such fines or penalties, together with the costs, on the goods and\nchattels of such delinquent, and the warrant shall thereupon have the force and\neffect of fieri facias, but such delinquent shall not be entitled to the benefit\nof any exemption law of this Commonwealth, as against such warrant and the lien\nthereof. In default of sufficient personal property to satisfy the same, the\nofficer executing the same shall make report accordingly to the drawing\nauthority of the warrant which may then require the fined person to show whether\nor not he possesses sufficient property to satisfy the fine and if such property\nis found to exist and the fined person fails to deliver it over the executing\nofficer shall be ordered to take the body of the delinquent and convey him to\nthe jail of the city or county in which he may be found, whose jailer shall\nclosely confine him without bail until the fine or penalty and jailer’s\nfees be paid. No such imprisonment shall extend beyond the period of ten days.\n\nHISTORY: 1930, p. 958; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 2673(44); 1976, c. 399; 1977, c. 74.","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"}}