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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 ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

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.