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

CRITICALCriminal cases

A deferred plan requires no down payment and allows 90 additional days to pay; a defendant who has made steady payments may enter a new agreement for one further 90-day extension.

No down payment shall be required for a deferred plan. The defendant shall be granted an additional 90 days to complete paying the fines/costs from the initial due date. If the defendant has not paid the full amount within 90 days, but has made steady payments, the defendant may then enter into a new agreement to extend the deadline for an additional 90 days.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Fee

10

Applies to

Time to pay agreement

A one-time $10 fee is assessed when the defendant enters the agreement after 90 days have passed from disposition.

A one-time fee of $10.00 shall be assessed against the defendant upon entering into the agreement after 90 days have passed from the date of disposition.

CRITICALCriminal cases

If the defendant cannot pay fines or costs within 90 days of the initial assessment, the Clerk may permit a deferred or installment payment plan.

If a defendant appearing before the Northumberland County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court is unable to pay the fines/costs imposed by the court within 90 days of the initial assessment date, the Clerk of this Court is authorized to permit the defendant to enter into a deferred or installment payment plan.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Default results in referral to collections and assessment of additional costs, and the Court may intercept the debtor’s tax overpayment.

If the debtor is in default of the time to pay agreement, the account will be referred to collections and additional costs will be assessed to the debtor. The Court may also intercept any tax overpayment owed to the debtor.

WARNINGCriminal cases

No interest accrues while the agreement is in effect and/or the payment plan has not defaulted.

No interest shall accrue during the time period the agreement is in effect and/or payment plan does not default.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Community service may defray fines and costs only with advance approval, is credited at Virginia’s current minimum wage, and cannot be credited toward restitution, interest on restitution, or collection fees.

The Court will accept the performance of community service work as an option to defray fines and costs IF APPROVED IN ADVANCE. The Court will not credit community service towards any amount owed as restitution the interest which has accrued on restitution, or any collection fee required. Community service hours will be credited in the amount of the Virginia current minimum wage. The hours must be documented on the agencies organizational letterhead.

WARNINGCriminal cases

A debtor whose sole income is Social Security or Supplemental Security Income may be exempt from fines and costs.

A debtor may be exempt from payment of fines and costs if the debtor's sole source of income is a social security benefit or supplemental security income.