Code of Virginia
Chapter 10 - Disability of Judge or Attorney for Commonwealth; Court- Appointed Counsel; Interpreters; Transcripts
§ 19.2-163.4:1. Repayment of representation costs by convicted persons

In any case in which an attorney from a public defender office represents an indigent person charged with an offense and such person is convicted, the sum that would have been allowed a court-appointed attorney as compensation and as reasonable expenses shall be taxed against the person defended as a part of the costs of the prosecution, and, if collected, shall be paid to the Commonwealth or, if payment was made to the Commonwealth by a locality for defense of a local ordinance violation, to the appropriate county, city or town. An abstract of such costs shall be docketed in the judgment lien docket and execution book of the court.
2004, cc. 884, 921; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 344, 345.

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Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure

Chapter 10 - Disability of Judge or Attorney for Commonwealth; Court- Appointed Counsel; Interpreters; Transcripts

§ 19.2-153. When judge cannot sit on trial; how another judge procured to try the case

§ 19.2-154. Death or disability of judge during trial; how another judge procured to continue with trial

§ 19.2-155. Disqualification or temporary disability of attorney for Commonwealth; appointment of substitute; powers, duties and compensation of such appointee

§ 19.2-156. Prolonged absence of attorney for Commonwealth

§ 19.2-157. Duty of court when accused appears without counsel

§ 19.2-158. When person not free on bail shall be informed of right to counsel and amount of bail