{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-17.1-266","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 17.1-266","heading":"Services rendered in Commonwealth's cases","body":"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.","path":["Title 17.1. COURTS OF RECORD","Chapter 2. CLERKS, CLERKS' OFFICES AND RECORDS","Article 7. FEES"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/17.1-266/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:29Z","sha256":"a75ba91d5e6671823681d024f114d37801206ac135729219dd97ffaa4da2085b","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-17.1-265","next":"us-va/va.-code-17.1-267"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}