Code of Virginia (Last Updated:July 28, 2020) |
TITLE 19.2. Criminal Procedure |
CHAPTER 21. Recovery of Fines and Penalties |
ARTICLE 1. Proceedings to Recover |
SECTION 19.2-340.1. Disposition of fines in criminal cases |
When a law-enforcement officer of (i) the Department of State Police or (ii) any other division of the state government makes an arrest or issues a summons for a violation of a provision of the Code of Virginia, the person arrested or summoned shall be charged with a violation of that Code provision and shall not be charged with a substantially similar local ordinance. All fines collected upon conviction of any person so arrested or summoned shall be credited to the Literary Fund. 2012, c. 749 . |