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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>368956</law_id><section_number>54.1-3933</section_number><catch_line>Decreeing fee out of funds under control of court</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="118" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="IV">Professions Regulated by the Supreme Court</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="39">Attorneys</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="5" identifier="5">Fees</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall <span class="dictionary">decree</span> or <span class="dictionary">order</span> any fee or compensation to <span class="dictionary">counsel</span> to be paid out of money or property under the control of the <span class="dictionary">court</span>, unless the claim is in the complaint, <span class="dictionary">petition</span>, or other proceeding, of which the parties interested have due notice.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 54-71; 1988, c. 765; 2020, c. 112.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
