Bill Text: VA HB1116 | 2016 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Receipt of pleadings; failure to pay fees in a civil case.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-10 - Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote [HB1116 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-HB1116-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1116 Offered January 13, 2016 Prefiled January 13, 2016 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered §17.1-281.1, relating to receipt of pleadings despite failure to pay fees in a civil case. ---------- Patron-- Loupassi ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 17.1-281.1 as follows:

§17.1-281.1. Clerk shall receive pleadings commencing civil action despite failure to pay fees.

A clerk of a circuit court shall receive and file a complaint or petition commencing a civil action, or a counterclaim or claim impleading a third-party defendant, despite the failure of the person filing the pleading to pay the required filing fees and writ taxes.