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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>351733</law_id><section_number>19.2-359</section_number><catch_line>Official receipts to be given for fines</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="54" identifier="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="27" identifier="21">Recovery of Fines and Penalties</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="5" identifier="5">Receipts for Fines</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every officer collecting a fine, fine and costs or costs when no fine is imposed shall give an official receipt therefor to the person making the payment, and the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall use the official receipt in receipting to a <span class="dictionary">court</span> not of record for payments made to the clerk; and when the fine, fine and costs or costs are collected by execution, the clerk shall receipt to the officer making payment to him upon the official receipts.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 19.1-348; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
