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2009 SESSION
090406484Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 19.2-353.5 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 19.2-353.5. Interest on fines and costs.
No interest shall accrue on any fine or costs imposed in a
criminal case or in a case involving a traffic infraction for a period of forty
days from the date of the final judgment imposing such fine or costs or during
any period the defendant is incarcerated as a
result of that case. For good cause shown,
a court may, on motion of the defendant who is making payments
or who is requesting a payment
plan pursuant to § 19.2-354, waive payment
of accrued but unpaid interest on fines and
costs imposed by a judgment of that court.
In no event shall interest accrue in such cases during any period in which a fine, costs, or both a fine and costs are being paid in deferred or installment payments pursuant to an order of the court. Whenever interest on any unpaid fine or costs accrues, it shall accrue at the judgment rate of interest set forth in § 6.1-330.54.