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HOUSE BILL NO. 1561
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on General Laws
on February 9, 2006)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Waddell)
A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-409 of the Code of Virginia, relating to fees for testimonials under certain circumstances.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 2.2-409 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 2.2-409. Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall charge the following fees for services rendered in his office to be paid by the person for whom the service is rendered at the time it is done:


 For a testimonial, including seal tax ....................... $10.00
 For each authentication after the first testimonial for
 
  documents bearing the testament by the same person on the
 
  same date, including seal tax..............................   5.00
 For a copy of any paper, if on one sheet ....................   1.00
 And for each sheet after the first ..........................    .75
 For issuing a commission to a commissioner in another state .   7.00
 For power of attorney for nonresident insurers, contractors .   3.00
 For service of process on parties, each defendant ...........  19.00
 For service of process on reciprocal insurers ...............   7.00
 For registration of name, badge and insignia ................   7.50
 For affixing the Seal of the Commonwealth ...................   2.00
 For issuing a commission to a notary for the 
   Commonwealth at large, including seal tax .................  25.00

And for filing in his office any paper required by law to be filed, the same fee as is allowed by law for recording similar papers.