Virginia § 17.1-601 General rule as to recovery of costs on final judgment

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§ 17.1-601 — General rule as to recovery of costs on final judgment

Virginia § 17.1-601

Title 17.1COURTS OF RECORD

Ch. 6COSTS GENERALLY

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Va. Code Ann. § 17.1-601 (2026).

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Except when it is otherwise provided, the party for whom final judgment is given in an action or motion shall recover his costs against the opposite party. When the action is against two or more and there is a judgment for, or discontinuance as to, some, but not all of the defendants, unless the court enter of record that there was reasonable cause for making defendants those for whom there is such judgment, or as to whom there is such discontinuance and shall order otherwise, they shall recover their costs.

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Except when it is otherwise provided, the party for whom final judgment is given in an action or motion shall recover his costs against the opposite party. When the action is against two or more and there is a judgment for, or discontinuance as to, some, but not all of the defendants, unless the court enter of record that there was reasonable cause for making defendants those for whom there is such judgment, or as to whom there is such discontinuance and shall order otherwise, they shall recover their costs.