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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>350083</law_id><section_number>17.1-291</section_number><catch_line>Penalty for officers</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="8" identifier="7">Fees</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any officer failing to comply with the duties imposed upon him by the provisions of this article shall forfeit to the Commonwealth not less than $25 nor more than $500 for each such failure, such forfeiture to be enforced by the attorney for the Commonwealth in the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> having criminal <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> in his city or county.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 14-163; 1964, c. 386, &#xA7; 14.1-163; 1972, c. 170; 1998, c. 872.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
