Tazewell County Circuit Court, Virginia Filing Fees and Waivers

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Deferred payment plan

2. The defendant must appear, in person, in the Circuit Court Clerk's Office and request to make installment payments and will be required to sign Form 1379 Order and Notice of Deferred Payment or Installment Payments, which will serve as the agreement between the defendant and the Court.

2. The defendant must appear, in person, in the Circuit Court Clerk's Office and request to make installment payments and will be required to sign Form 1379 Order and Notice of Deferred Payment or Installment Payments, which will serve as the agreement between the defendant and the Court.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Deferred payment petition

After two monthly-payment defaults, the defendant must submit a new petition for approval and pay the applicable down payment, which the Clerk or Court may lower for good cause.

6. After two (2) defaults on monthly payments, the defendant must complete a new petition for installment or deferred payments and it will be subject to the approval of the Clerk of Court or the Court, on the following conditions: (i) the defendant pays a down payment equal to ten (10%) percent of the fines and/or costs due if any fines and/or costs owed are $ 500.00 or less, or (ii) a down payment of $ 50.00 or five (5%) percent of any fines and/or costs owed if the fines and/or costs are more than & 500.00, whichever is greater. Upon request, the Clerk of Court or the Court may lower any down payment required under this Plan for good cause shown, which amount shall be applied to costs, fines and/or restitution.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Deferred payment plan

Payments are due every 30 days with an $80 monthly minimum unless the Court authorizes less for good cause; no down payment is due on the first plan, which must be established within 90 days of sentencing.

4. Payments are due every thirty (30) days. The minimum payment is $ 80.00 per month unless a lessor amount is authorized by the Court for good cause shown. No down payment is due for the first payment plan. A payment plan must be in place within ninety (90) days of sentencing.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Deferred payment

Payments under the agreement must be applied first to restitution and, after restitution is paid in full, to unpaid costs and fines.

9. If a defendant owes restitution, then any payments received pursuant to this agreement shall first be used to satisfy all restitution. Once the restitution obligation is satisfied in full, then the payments shall be applied to any unpaid costs and fines.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Deferred payment plan

An incarcerated defendant unable to appear may request Form 1379 in writing by mail and must sign it before a notary or probation/parole officer and return it to the Clerk's Office.

3. If the defendant is incarcerated and unable to appear, Form 1379, upon written request, can be mailed to the defendant and must be signed by the defendant, before a notary or probation/parole officer, and returned to the Clerk's Office.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Applies to

Court costs and fines

For defendants incarcerated in the Virginia Department of Corrections, community service hours may be applied to fines and costs only in very limited instances.

8. If a Defendant is incarcerated in the Virginia Department of Corrections, community service hours SHALL ONLY be applied to fines and costs in very LIMITED instances.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Applies to

Deferred payment plan

After a defendant defaults on a monthly payment, the Clerk may authorize a new payment plan.

5. If a defendant fails to make a monthly payment and is in default, the Clerk may authorize a new payment plan.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Applies to

Deferred payment

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

Any payment which is received within five (5) days of the due date shall be considered to be timely made.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Applies to

Court costs and fines

Community service may be applied to unpaid costs and fines at the stated, automatically adjusting rate, but not to restitution; defendants seeking this option must appear in person at the designated office based on probation or parole status.

7. The Court does authorize the use of community service at the rate of $ 12.41 per hour (as of July 2025) to be applied to any unpaid costs or fines. [PLEASE NOTE, that the above rate SHALL adjust automatically as the Virginia minimum wage rate is periodically increased.] Community service may not be used to satisfy any unpaid restitution. In the event that a defendant desires to satisfy any unpaid costs and fines through the use of community service and the defendant is on probation or parole, then the defendant must appear at the Probation & Parole Office in Claypool Hill, Virginia, in person, and be directed to the appropriate agency for the community service to be monitored. If the defendant is not on probation or parole then the defendant must appear at Clinch Valley Community Action in N. Tazewell, Virginia, in person, and be directed to the appropriate agency for the community service to be monitored.

WARNINGCivil casesCourt notice

Fee

0.5 $

Applies to

Clerk made copies for service

The Clerk’s Office charges an additional $0.50 per page when it makes copies for service.

If copies are to be made by the Clerk's Office for service, additional fees of $.50 per page will be added.

INFOCriminal cases

Applies to

Court costs and fines

Unpaid costs and fines totaling more than $50 are eligible for an installment or deferred payment agreement.

1. All unpaid costs and fines totaling more than $ 50.00 are eligible for an installment or deferred payment agreement.