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Statutes > Virginia > Title-52 > Chapter-1 > 52-10§ 52-10. Fees and rewards.
No court in the Commonwealth shall in any case, in which a fine is assessedfor the violation of any law of the Commonwealth, or any subdivision thereof,assess, as a part of the cost of the case any fee for arrest, or as awitness, for the benefit of any police officer of the Department of StatePolice; nor shall any such police officer receive any such fee. Any suchpolice officer who accepts or receives any such fee shall be guilty of amisdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100, and inaddition the Superintendent may remove him therefor. But such officers arenot prohibited from accepting or receiving rewards.
(1932, p. 617; 1934, p. 277; Michie Code 1942, § 2154(53); 1944, p. 204; R.P.1948, § 52-10; 2005, c. 839.)
