Newport News Circuit Court, Virginia Document Filing Requirements

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Praecipe

Praecipes must be filed with the Court.

Praecipes must be filed.

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Community service report

The organization must report in writing to the Circuit Court Clerk’s office the service location and hours performed.

the organization will report in writing to the Newport News Circuit Court Clerk’s office the location and number of hours performed

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Application

The application must include a completed financial information form and a DMV Compliance summary.

You must submit with this application: a. A completed financial information form b. A DMV Compliance summary. (May be obtained at Newport News Treasurer’s Office.)

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Recording

Recordings require cover sheets effective July 1, 2021.

Effective July 1, 2021, cover sheets are required for recordings.

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Application

The application must identify the organization and service location and include a responsible person's signed agreement to supervise the service.

The organization and location must be identified in this application and a responsible person must sign this form agreeing to supervise the community service

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Order to meet and confer

Order to Meet and Confer must be completed and filed with the Court three days prior to each pendente lite hearing.

Order to Meet and Confer must be completed and filed with the Court three days prior to each pendente lite hearing.

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Financial eligibility form

A payer unable to pay the stated amounts must complete a financial eligibility form for submission to the Court’s consideration.

If you are financially unable to pay the above amounts, you will be required to complete a financial eligibility form which will be submitted to the Court for consideration.

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Application

The proposed community-service organization must be reputable, nonprofit, established in Virginia, and have no personal connection to the applicant.

The location at which you propose to perform community service must be non-profit, reputable and established in the Commonwealth of Virginia without any personal connection to you.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Pendente lite order

A Form Pendente Lite Order must be completed after each pendente lite hearing.

Form Pendente Lite Order must be completed after each pendente lite hearing.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Payment plan petition

Return the completed petition and down payment to the Clerk’s Office.

Return completed petition and down payment to Clerk’s Office;

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Notice of payment alternatives

The court must give the defendant written notice of the payment agreement options and, if available, earning credit through community service.

The court shall give the defendant written notice of deferred, modified deferred, and installment payment agreements and, if a community service program has been established, the availability of earning credit toward discharge of fines and costs through the performance of community service work.

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Payment agreement modification request

A defendant may request modification of a payment agreement in writing using the prescribed form; the court may grant the request 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, on a form provided by the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court, and the court may grant such modification based on a good faith showing of need.

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Applies to

Petition for payment agreement

The payment-agreement petition includes an oath and an attestation that the information provided is correct to the best of the signer's knowledge, with a perjury warning.

This statement is made under oath, any false statements of a material fact to any questions contained herein shall constitute perjury under the provisions of VA Code § 18.2-434. The maximum penalty for perjury is confinement in the state penitentiary for a period of ten years. I hereby state that the above information is correct to the best of my knowledge.