                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ADDITIONAL FEES IN CERTAIN COURTS; USE BY VIRGINIA STATE BAR (§ 17.1-278)

In addition to the fees prescribed by § 16.1-69.48:2 and subdivision A 13 of §
17.1-275 and to be collected by the clerk of the circuit or general district
court upon the filing of papers for the commencement of civil actions in such
courts, the following additional fees shall be collected in all cities and
counties in which civil legal representation is provided for the poor, without
charge, by a nonprofit legal aid program organized under the auspices of the
Virginia State Bar: (i) upon commencement of a civil action in such circuit
court, an additional fee of $10 and (ii) upon commencement of a civil action in
such general district court, an additional fee of $10.

The additional fees prescribed by this action shall be collected by the clerk at
the time of the filing. The amounts so collected shall be paid by the clerk to
the state treasury and credited as follows: (i) $9 to a special fund within the
Virginia State Bar fund to be designated the Legal Aid Services Fund, and (ii)
$1 to the general fund for funding of the district courts of the Commonwealth.
Such amount for the district courts shall be used to assist indigent litigants.
Such amounts credited to the Legal Aid Services Fund shall be disbursed by the
Virginia State Bar by check from the State Treasurer upon a warrant of the
Comptroller to nonprofit legal aid programs organized under the auspices of the
Virginia State Bar through the Legal Services Corporation of Virginia to assist
in defraying the costs of such programs. However, the additional fees prescribed
by this section shall not be collected in actions initiated by any local
government or by the Commonwealth.

HISTORY: 1992, cc. 249, 749, § 14.1-125.1; 1998, c. 872; 2002, c. 318; 2004, c.
925; 2005, c. 681; 2006, c. 189; 2008, c. 692.