# Va. Code Ann. § 17.1-266: Services rendered in Commonwealth's cases

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_VA_T17.1_C2_A7_S17.1-266

## Section

- **Citation:** Va. Code Ann. § 17.1-266
- **Heading:** Services rendered in Commonwealth's cases
- **Jurisdiction:** Virginia
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Virginia Code / Title 17.1 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 17.1-266

## Text

No clerk, sheriff or other officer shall receive payment out of the state treasury for any services rendered in cases of the Commonwealth, whether in a court of record or a court not of record, except as allowed by statute. Localities shall be exempt from paying fees for services rendered by a clerk or other court officer for cases, whether in a court of record or a court not of record, when the locality is a party to a case commenced in a court serving that locality or in any other jurisdiction when the localities have a reciprocal waiver of fees agreement. Sheriffs may, in writing, grant a waiver of the sheriff's fee to one or more localities.

Code 1950, § 14-98; 1964, c. 386, § 14.1-87; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 155; 1998, c. 872 ; 2007, c. 800 .

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