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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>349981</law_id><section_number>17.1-216</section_number><catch_line>Handling fee for service of process</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="50" identifier="17.1">Courts of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="2">Clerks, Clerks' Offices and Records</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Other Clerks and Clerks' Offices</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The fee for serving such process, <span class="dictionary">order</span> or <span class="dictionary">decree</span> may be delivered to the clerk, who shall transmit it with the papers to be served to the sheriff and the fee paid shall be taxed by the clerk as a part of the costs of the proceeding.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 3403, &#xA7; 17-52; 1946, p. 55; 1998, c. 872.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
