Arlington Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court, Virginia Filing Fees and Waivers

CRITICALCriminal cases

A 4% convenience fee is added to covered payments made by credit or debit card.

A reasonable convenience fee of four percent (4%) for the use of a credit or debit card will be added to all payment of fees, fines, restitution, forfeiture, penalties or costs to be paid by credit or debit card.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Other penalties are due at the final hearing or when the Court otherwise imposes judgment.

All other penalties other than fines and costs taxed in any proceedings are due and payable at the time of the final hearing or when judgment is otherwise imposed by the Court.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Fines and costs are due at the final hearing or when the Court otherwise imposes judgment.

All fines imposed and costs taxed in a criminal or traffic prosecution are due and payable at the time of the final hearing or when judgment is otherwise imposed by the Court.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Payments under a deferred or installment agreement must first satisfy restitution and its associated collection costs.

If the defendant owes court-ordered restitution and enters into a deferred or installment payment agreement, any moneys collected pursuant to such agreement shall be used first to satisfy the restitution order and any collection costs associated with restitution prior to being used to satisfy any other fine, forfeiture, penalty or cost owed.

CRITICALCriminal cases

The court must authorize the clerk to establish and approve individual deferred or installment payment agreements.

The court assessing the fine, restitution, forfeiture, or penalty and costs shall authorize the clerk to establish and approve individual deferred or installment payment agreements.

CRITICALCriminal cases

The court may not deny an opportunity for a payment agreement solely for any of the listed reasons.

The court shall not deny a defendant the opportunity to enter into a deferred, modified deferred, or installment payment agreement solely (i) because of the category of offense for which the defendant was convicted or found not innocent, (ii) because of the total amount of fines and costs, (iii) because the defendant previously defaulted under the terms of the payment agreement, modified deferred payment agreement, or installment payment agreement, (iv) because the fines and costs have been referred for collections pursuant to Section 19.2-349 or (v) because the defendant has not established a payment history.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Personal checks and credit or debit cards shall be accepted in lieu of money to collect and secure all fees, fines, restitution, forfeiture, penalties and costs collected for offenses, including motor vehicle violations.

Personal checks and credit or debit cards shall be accepted in lieu of money to collect and secure all fees, fines, restitution, forfeiture, penalties and costs collected for offenses, including motor vehicle violations.

WARNINGCriminal cases

A court may not require a down payment for an initial deferred or installment agreement, but may require one for a subsequent agreement; defendants may pay one voluntarily.

No court shall require a defendant to make a down payment upon entering a deferred, modified deferred, or installment payment agreement, other than a subsequent payment agreement, in which case the court may require a down payment in accordance with paragraph I of this code section. Nothing prevents a defendant from voluntarily making a down payment upon entering any payment agreement.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Dishonored payments remain unpaid, the Court may pursue collection remedies, and an additional fee of $50 or 10% of the payment value, whichever is greater, may be imposed.

If a check is returned unpaid by the financial institution on which it is drawn or notice is received from the credit or debit card issuer that payment will not be made, for any reason, the fees, fine, restitution, forfeiture, penalty or costs shall be treated as unpaid, and the Court may pursue all available remedies to obtain payment. If a person tenders a check or credit or debit card which is dishonored, a fee of $50 or 10 percent (10%) of the value of the payment, whichever is greater, may be imposed in addition to the fine and costs already imposed.

WARNINGCriminal cases

The clerk may refuse an individual's check or card for the listed conviction, payment-history, authorization, verification, or payee reasons.

Acceptance of checks or credit or debit cards of an individual may be refused by the clerk if (i) defendant has been convicted of a violation of Chapter 6 (Sec. 18.2-168 et seq.) of Title 18.2 in which a check, credit or debit card, or credit or debit card information was used to commit the offense, (ii) he has previously tendered to the Court a check which was not ultimately honored or a credit or debit card or credit or debit card information which did not ultimately result in payment by the credit or debit card issuer, (iii) authorization of payment is not given by the bank or credit card issuer, (iv) the validity of the check or credit or debit card cannot be verified, or (v) the payee of the check is other than the Court.

WARNINGCriminal cases

If payment cannot be made within 90 days of sentencing, the court may assess a one-time account-management fee of up to $10, subject to listed statutory exceptions.

If the Defendant is unable to make payment within ninety (90) days of sentencing, the court may assess a one-time fee not to exceed $10 to cover the costs of management of the defendant's account until such account is paid in full. The one-time fee shall not apply to cases in which costs are assessed pursuant to Va. Code Ann. Sections 17.1-275.1, 17.1-275.2, 17.1-275.3, 17.1-275.4, 17.1-275.7, 17.1-275.8 or 17.1-275.9.

WARNINGCriminal cases

A payment received within 10 days of its due date is considered timely.

Any payment received within ten (10) days of its due date shall be considered to be timely made.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Interest does not accrue on covered fines or costs during the specified 180-day periods and periods of incarceration.

No interest shall accrue on any fine or costs imposed in a criminal case or in a case involving a traffic infraction (i) for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days following the date of the final judgment imposing such fine or costs (ii) during any period the defendant is incarcerated and (iii) for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days following the date of the defendant's release from incarceration if the sentence involved an active term of incarceration.

WARNINGCriminal cases

A person may seek waiver of interest accrued during incarceration, and the interest must be waived upon certification of the incarceration period on the specified form.

A person who owes fines and costs on which interest has accrued during a period of incarceration may move any court in which he owes fines and costs to waive the interest that accrued on such fines and costs during such period of incarceration. Upon certification of the period of incarceration by the superintendent, warden, or other official in charge of a correctional facility on a form developed by the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court, such interest shall be waived.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Interest does not accrue while fines or costs are paid under a court-ordered deferred or installment plan; otherwise, accrued interest uses the stated judgment rate.

Interest shall not accrue during any period in which a fine, costs, or both a fine and costs are being paid in deferred or installment payments pursuant to an order of the court. Whenever interest on any unpaid fine or costs accrues, it shall accrue at the judgement rate of interest set forth in Va. Code Ann. Sec. 6.2-302 (Va. Code Ann. Sec. 19.2-353.5(D)).

INFOCriminal cases

A person may earn community-service credits toward fines and costs, except restitution and the collection fee, at the rate specified by the program.

Any person upon whom a fine and costs have been imposed may discharge all or part of the fine or costs by earning credits for the performance of community service work. Community service hours may be completed in lieu of paying fines or costs, with the exception of restitution and the collection fee through the Sheriff's Work Force or Offender Aid and Restoration (OAR). The program shall specify the rate at which credits are earned against the fine or costs.

INFOCriminal cases

A qualifying defendant may pay fines, restitution, forfeiture, penalties, and costs through deferred payments or installments.

Any defendant, convicted of a traffic infraction or a violation of any criminal law of the Commonwealth or of any political subdivision thereof, or fond not innocent in the case of a juvenile, who is sentenced to pay a fine, restitution, forfeiture, or penalty may pay such fine, restitution, forfeiture, or penalty and any costs that the defendant may be required to pay in deferred payments or installments.

INFOCriminal cases

A defendant may request a payment-agreement modification in writing using Form DC-211, and the court may grant it upon a good-faith showing of need.

At any time during the duration of a payment agreement, the defendant may request a modification of the agreement in writing (form DC-211), and the court may grant such modification based on a good faith showing of need.