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Code · Virginia · Title 17.1 · Chapter 6

Code of Virginia § 17.1-629. No judgment for costs against Commonwealth; exception.

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In no case, civil or criminal, whether in a court of record or a court not of record, except when otherwise specially provided, shall there be a judgment for costs against the Commonwealth.
Code 1950, § 14-197; 1964, c. 386, § 14.1-201; 1998, c. 872 .
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