CHAPTER 217

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 14.1-112 and 14.1-118, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to fees charged by clerks of courts of record.

[H 106]
Approved March 31, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 14.1-112 and 14.1-118 of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 14.1-112. A clerk of a circuit or other court of record shall, for
services performed by virtue of his office, charge the following fees, to wit:

(1) When a writing is admitted to record under Chapter 2 of Title 17,
or Chapter 5 or 6 of Title 55, for everything relating to it, except the re-
cording in the proper book, to wit: for receiving proof of acknowledge-
ments, entering orders, endorsing clerk’s certificate, and when required,
embracing it in a list for the commissioner of the revenue, one dollar.

(2) For recording and indexing in the proper book any writing and
all matters therewith, except plats, or for recording and indexing anything
not otherwise provided for, provided that no additional charge shall be
made for recording less than one-half of a page, a minimum of four dollars
for up to three pages and one dollar for each page over three; and for
admitting to record, or making a copy of any paper or record to go out of
the office which * is printed in smaller than pica type, the fee for admitting
to record or making such copy shall be double the amount of the fees
allowed above.

(3) For recording a plat of not more than six courses or lines, or a
copy thereof, one dollar and for each other distinct line or course above
six, five cents.

(4) For appointing and qualifying any personal representative, com-
mittee, trustee, guardian, or other fiduciary, in addition to any fees for
recording allowed by this section, five dollars for estates not exceeding
five hundred dollars, ten dollars for estates not exceeding fifty thousand
dollars, fifteen dollars for estates not exceeding one hundred thousand
dollars and twenty dollars for estates exceeding one hundred thousand
dollars; provided no fee shall be charged for estates of one hundred
dollars or less.

(5) For entering and granting and for issuing any license, other than
&@ marriage license or a hunting and fishing license, and administering an
oath when necessary, three dollars. ,

(6) For issuing a marriage license, attaching certificate, administer-
ing or receiving all necessary oaths or affidavits, indexing and recording,
five dollars.

(7) For making out any bond, other than those under § 14.1-90 or
paragraph numbered (5) of this section, administering all necessary oaths
and writing proper affidavits, two dollars.

(8) For issuing any execution, and recording the return thereof, one
dollar and fifty cents.

(9) For entering satisfaction or attesting satisfaction on any judg-
ment, fifty cents.

(10) For making out a copy of any paper or record to go out of the
office, which is not otherwise specifically provided for, for each page, one

(11) For annexing the seal of the court to any paper, writing the
certificate of the clerk accompanying it, one dollar, and for attaching the
certificate of the judge, if the clerk be requested to do so, fifty cents.

(12) For each parcel or tract of land entered in the delinquent land
record, to be paid out of the treasury of the county or city, as the case
may be, ten cents for each parcel or tract of land so entered in the delin-
quent land record; and for entering on the record the sale to the Common-
wealth of each parcel or tract of land, to be paid out of the treasury of the
county or city, as the case may be, ten cents for each parcel or tract of
land so entered.

(13) For making a statement, calculating interest and receiving pay-
ment of taxes on any parcel or tract of land returned delinquent, fifty
cents for each year.

(14) For reporting marriage licenses issued under § 20-35, to be paid
out of the State treasury, for each marriage license reported, ten cents.

(15) Upon conviction in felony cases, in lieu of any other fees allowed
by this section the clerk shall charge the accused twenty dollars in each

(16) Upon conviction in misdemeanor cases, in lieu of any other
fees allowed in this section, the clerk shall charge the accused ten dollars
In each case.
(17) In all actions at law the clerk’s fee chargeable to the plaintiff
shall be five dollars in cases not exceeding five hundred dollars, ten dollars
in cases not exceeding five thousand dollars, fifteen dollars in cases not
exceeding fifty thousand dollars, and twenty dollars in cases exceeding
fifty thousand dollars, to be paid by the plaintiff at the time of instituting
the action, this fee to be in lieu of any other fees; provided, however, there
shall be no fee charged for the filing of a cross-claim, counterclaim, or
set-off in any pending action.

(18) In addition to the fees provided for in 8§ 24-80, 24-117, and
24-125, the clerk shall charge a fee of five dollars at each election held in
his county, city or town, payable out of the respective treasuries thereof,
for each voting precinct located therein, for services performed in com-
pliance with Title 24; provided, however, the total charge under this
section shall not exceed fifty dollars.

(19) For qualifying notaries public, including the making out of the
bond and any copies thereof, administering the necessary oaths, and enter-
ing the order, five dollars.

(20) For each matter under § 8-577.1 and each habeas corpus pro-
ceeding, the clerk shall receive ten dollars for all services required there-
under.

(21) For the registration in the proper book of the license under
§§ 54-179, 54-200.14, 54-8313, 54-885 and any other professional licenses
required to be registered in the clerk’s office, one dollar. |

(22) For docketing and indexing a judgment from any other court,
a fee of one dollar; and for issuing an abstract of any recorded judgment,
when proper to do so, a fee of one dollar and fifty cents. ,

(23) For all services rendered by the clerk in any court proceeding for
which no specific fee is provided by law, the clerk shall charge a fee of five
dollars, to be paid by the party filing said papers at the time of filing.

The provisions of this section shall control the fees charged by clerks
of courts of record for the services above described. |

§ 14.1-113. A clerk of a circuit or other court of record shall, for
services performed by the virtue of his office in chancery causes, charge
the following fees, to wit:

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(8) When more than three exhibits are returned with a commis-
sioner’s report, but not annexed thereto, for endorsing and filing such
exhibits a fee, not for each, but for all filed with the same report, of... .25

(4) If papers be filed on the side of the plaintiff or defendant, for
which no fee is before provided, a fee, not for each but for the whole of
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(6) For entering in the rule book the return of all process return-
able to the same rule day, a fee, not for each defendant named therein nor
for every such process but for the whole of the defendants named in all
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(7) For all rules entered in any case on the same side at the rules
for one month, when anything is done on such side at such rules besides

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(8) For any execution, the entry of the case in the execution boo
and the record of the return, unless a higher fee be allowed therefor... .50

In lieu of the fees hereinabove set forth:
In all chancery causes the clerk’s fee chargeable to the plaintiff shall
be twenty dollars to be paid by the plaintiff at the time of instituting the
suit, which shall include the furnishing of a duly certified copy of the
decree; provided, however, there shall be no fee charged for the
filing of a cross-bill in any pending suit.

In divorce cases, when there is a merger of a divorce of separation
a mensa et thoro into a decree of divorce a vinculo, the above shall include
the furnishing of a duly certified copy of both such decrees.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
provisions of this section shall control the fees charged by clerks of
courts of record.