{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-17.1-609","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 17.1-609","heading":"Costs on certain motions and interlocutory orders","body":"Upon any motion, other than for a judgment for money, or upon any interlocutory order or proceeding, the court may give or refuse costs, at its discretion, unless otherwise provided. It may, when a demurrer is sustained to a plea in abatement, give judgment for the plaintiff for his full costs, to the time of sustaining it, an attorney's fee only excepted; and when any other part of the pleading is adjudged insufficient, order all costs occasioned by such insufficient pleading to be paid by him who committed the fault.Code 1950, § 14-184; 1964, c. 386, § 14.1-187; 1998, c. 872.","path":["Title 17.1. COURTS OF RECORD","Chapter 6. COSTS GENERALLY"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/17.1-609/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:29Z","sha256":"6309c456520961ff8b2eba41443df980de73fe6f23f30badeedff76ce13f2e4a","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-17.1-608","next":"us-va/va.-code-17.1-610"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}