Greensville County Circuit Court, Virginia
Court-Level Rules, Filing Procedures & Policies
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The defendant shall complete and return Form DC-212 and the Court's Va. Code § 19.2-354 Motion & Order to the Clerk's Office in conjunction with evidence establishing that the defendant did not receive credit towards fines and costs or his sentence (including alternative sentencing) in any court for the hours submitted herein; it is further
At the community-service credit hearing, the defendant must provide evidence of no duplicate credit and supervisor testimony, or a sworn statement or certification if the supervisor cannot appear, verifying the service dates, hours, and applicable minimum wage.
Court's wording
At the ore tenus hearing, the defendant shall present evidence establishing that the defendant did not receive credit towards fines and costs or his sentence (including alternative sentencing) in any court for the hours submitted herein in conjunction with the testimony of the site supervisor or other responsible person with personal knowledge of the defendant's community service or, if such persons cannot appear, a sworn statement or certification from such persons, sufficient to verify (i) the dates on which the community service was performed, (ii) the number of hours performed, and (iii) the applicable minimum wage at the time the service was performed.
The Court may require the site supervisor or other responsible person to appear and testify at the ore tenus hearing or provide additional documentation when necessary to verify the defendant's claimed community service; and it is further
Filing & Service rules
Filing Timing and Cure Windows
Submit instructions 7 days before trial.
Instructions must be submitted 7 days prior to trial.
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Service and Proof of Service Rules
Defendants will be mailed notice of their restitution and court-cost balance to their last known address within five days of conviction.
Within 5 days of conviction, Defendants will be mailed, to their last known address, a notice of their Restitution and Court Costs balance.
Criminal cases
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Filing Fees and Waivers
The Court sets restitution payment agreements; if it sets no amount, payments must be at least $50 per month.
Payment agreements for restitution are set by the Court. If an amount is not set by the Court, the payment agreement shall be for not less than $50.00 per month.
Criminal cases
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Community service cannot be used to pay restitution.
Community Service does not apply to payment of restitution.
Criminal cases
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Unless directed otherwise, payments in criminal cases are applied first to restitution and then to court fines and costs.
It is further ORDERED that, in all criminal cases coming before this court, unless directed otherwise, all payments made to court costs and restitution shall be first applied to the satisfaction of restitution, if any, and subsequently applied to court fines and costs.
Criminal cases
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A monthly payment agreement for court costs must be at least $50 per month.
Defendants may enter into a monthly payment agreement of at least $50.00 per month for Court Costs.
Criminal cases
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Payments are applied first to restitution and then to court costs.
Payments are first applied to Restitution and then to Court Costs.
Criminal cases
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The payment exemption does not cover court-ordered restitution, which remains due as ordered by the Court.
Please understand that any restitution that you may have been ordered to pay is not included in this exemption of payment and is due as the Court has ordered.
Criminal cases
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If the court has not previously ordered a payment period for restitution, the stated guidelines apply.
If a time to pay for restitution is not previously ordered by the court, it will be incorporated in the above stated guidelines.
Criminal cases
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Check with your Probation Officer to see if your Court Costs can be satisfied by performing Community Service.
Check with your Probation Officer to see if your Court Costs can be satisfied by performing Community Service.
Criminal cases
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A defendant unable to pay fines and costs for an offense may enter a deferred, modified deferred, or installment payment agreement.
Any Defendant who is unable to pay fines and costs for a particular offense may enter into either a deferred payment agreement, a modified deferred payment agreement or an installment payment agreement.
Criminal cases
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A defendant delinquent under an agreement may make a down payment when setting up another agreement, subject to the stated balance-based limits; the excerpt ends before completing the final condition.
IMPORTANT: If Defendant becomes delinquent under his agreement and wishes to set up another payment agreement, the Defendant may make a down payment. If the fines and costs owed are $500.00 or less, the down payment shall not exceed 10% of such amount or if the fines and costs owed are more than $500.00, the down payment shall not exceed 5% of such amount or $50.00, whichever is
Criminal cases
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A deferred payment agreement requires the full amount of fines and costs at the end of its stated term, with no installment payments.
2. Deferred Payment Agreement: An agreement in which the Defendant agrees to pay the full amount of the fines and costs at the end of its stated term and no installment payments are required.
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Initial-agreement down payments are optional; the text states percentage limits based on the balance but also says a defendant may choose to pay a larger down payment.
To enter into an initial payment agreement, down payments are optional. Down payments may not exceed 10% of the owed amount if the balance is $500.00 or less. If the total owed is more than $500.00, the down payment my not exceed 5% of the amount owed or $50.00, whichever is greater. A defendant may choose to make a larger down payment.
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An installment payment agreement requires monthly or other periodic payments until fines and costs are paid in full.
1. Installment Payment Agreement: An agreement in which the Defendant agrees to make monthly or other periodic payments until the fines and costs are paid in full.
Criminal cases
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A person whose sole financial resource is Social Security or Supplemental Security Income is not required to pay until they have another resource or income.
If your sole financial resource is a Social Security benefit or Supplemental Security Income, then you are not required to pay until you have another resource or income.
Criminal cases
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The account will not go to collections while the person's sole income remains unchanged.
As long as your sole income remains unchanged, your account will not go to collections.
Criminal cases
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The Clerk or her appointee has discretion over payment-agreement guidelines, which may depend on the circumstances of the case.
Guidelines for all payment agreements are at the discretion of the Clerk or her appointee and may depend on the particular circumstances of each case.
Criminal cases
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Chambers Communication Rules
A defendant seeking credit for work performed while incarcerated must notify the Clerk, who provides the specified forms and orders.
ADJUDGED, ORDERED, AND DECREED that, when a defendant seeks credit based on work performed while incarcerated, the defendant shall notify the Clerk, who shall provide the defendant with Form DC-212, a copy of this Standing Order, and a copy of the Court's Order, titled Va. Code § 19.2-354 Motion & Order.
Criminal cases
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A defendant seeking community-service credit must notify the Clerk, who places the matter on the term-day docket for an ore tenus hearing.
ADJUDGED, ORDERED, AND DECREED that, when a defendant seeks credit based on community service, they shall notify the Clerk, who shall then place the matter on the term- day docket to be set for an ore tenus hearing.
Criminal cases
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To set a civil case, call the Court Administrator at 804-733-2623.
Civil cases are set by calling the Court Administrator at 804-733-2623.
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