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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-340.1 — Disposition of fines in criminal cases

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Article 1: Proceedings to Recover, Code of Virginia.

Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-340.1

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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-340.1Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session

When a law-enforcement officer of (i) the Department of State Police or (ii) any other division of the state government makes an arrest or issues a summons for a violation of a provision of the Code of Virginia, the person arrested or summoned shall be charged with a violation of that Code provision and shall not be charged with a substantially similar local ordinance. All fines collected upon conviction of any person so arrested or summoned shall be credited to the Literary Fund.

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