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 Culpeper County
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 2. ADMINISTRATION
 Article I. IN GENERAL

  § 2-6. Courthouse construction, renovation or maintenance fees.  

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  • (a)

    A two dollar ($2.00) fee is hereby assessed as part of the costs in (i) each civil action filed in district and circuit courts in Culpeper County, and (ii) each criminal or traffic case in such courts in which the defendant is charged with a violation of any statute or ordinance.

    The assessment imposed pursuant to subsection (a) shall be collected by the Clerk of the Court in which the action is filed, remitted to the County Treasurer and held by such treasurer subject to disbursements by the Board of Supervisors for the construction, renovation, or maintenance of courthouse or jail and court-related facilities and to defray increases in the cost of heating, cooling, electricity, and ordinary maintenance.

    (b)

    Pursuant to authority granted in Code of Virginia, 1950, § 17.1-281C as amended, the district and circuit courts in Culpeper County shall assess an additional fee of three dollars ($3.00) as a part of the costs in each criminal and traffic case, as well as in any civil case in which the amount in controversy exceeds five hundred dollars ($500.00).

    The assessment imposed pursuant to subsection (b) shall be collected by the Clerk of the Court in which the action is filed, remitted to the County Treasurer and held by such treasurer subject disbursement by the Board of Supervisors solely for the construction, reconstruction, renovation of, or adaptive re-use of a structure for a courthouse.

    The assessments provided for herein shall be in addition to any other fees prescribed by law.

    (Ords. of 6-12-90; 7-1-1997; 11-6-2013(1))

    Editor's note— This fee was originally adopted by the Board of Supervisors on June 12, 1990. The ordinance was codified on July 1, 1997.

    State Law reference— Authority for this section, Code of Virginia, § 17.1-281.

(Ords. of 6-12-90; 7-1-1997; 11-6-2013(1))

State law reference

Authority for this section, Code of Virginia, § 17.1-281.

Editor's note

This fee was originally adopted by the Board of Supervisors on June 12, 1990. The ordinance was codified on July 1, 1997.