Virginia § 19.2-340.1 Disposition of fines in criminal cases

Virginia Statutes

§ 19.2-340.1 — Disposition of fines in criminal cases

Virginia § 19.2-340.1

Title 19.2CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Ch. 21RECOVERY OF FINES AND PENALTIES

Art. 1PROCEEDINGS TO RECOVER

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Bluebook

Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-340.1 (2026).

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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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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.