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1995 SESSION
LD7646358Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 19.2-340 and 19.2-341 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 19.2-340. Fines to be to Commonwealth; how recovered; in what name.
When any statute or ordinance prescribes a fine, unless it be
is otherwise expressly provided or would be inconsistent
with the manifest intention of the General Assembly, it shall be to the
Commonwealth and recoverable by presentment, indictment,
information, summons or warrant. Fines imposed and costs taxed in
a criminal or traffic prosecution for committing an offense
against the Commonwealth shall constitute a judgment in favor
of the Commonwealth, and, if not paid at the time they are imposed,
execution may issue thereon in the same manner as upon any other monetary
judgment.
§ 19.2-341. Penalties other than fines; how recovered; in what name; limitation of actions.
When any statute or ordinance prescribes a monetary penalty other
than a fine, unless it be is otherwise expressly
provided or would be inconsistent with the manifest intention of the General
Assembly, it shall be to the Commonwealth and recoverable by
warrant, presentment, indictment, summons, or information.
Penalties imposed and costs taxed in any such proceeding shall constitute a
judgment in favor of the Commonwealth, and, if not paid at the
time they are imposed, execution may issue thereon in the same manner as upon
any other monetary judgment. No such proceeding of any nature, however, shall
be brought or had for the recovery of such a penalty or costs due the
Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, unless within twenty years
from the date of the offense or delinquency giving rise to imposition of such
penalty if imposed by a circuit court, or within ten years if imposed by a
general district court.