18.2-268.8 - Fees. - Virginia Statutes

§ 18.2-268.8. Fees.

Payment for withdrawing blood shall not exceed $25, which shall be paid outof the appropriation for criminal charges. If the person whose blood samplewas withdrawn is subsequently convicted for a violation of § 18.2-266,18.2-266.1, or subsection B of § 18.2-272 or of a similar ordinance, or isplaced under the purview of a probational, educational, or rehabilitationalprogram as set forth in § 18.2-271.1, the amount charged by the personwithdrawing the sample shall be taxed as part of the costs of the criminalcase and shall be paid into the general fund of the state treasury.

If the person whose blood sample was withdrawn is subsequently convicted forviolation of § 18.2-266, 18.2-266.1, or subsection B of § 18.2-272 or asimilar ordinance, a fee of $25 for testing the first blood sample by theDepartment shall be taxed as part of the costs of the criminal case and shallbe paid into the general fund of the state treasury.

(1992, c. 830; 1994, cc. 359, 363; 2001, c. 561; 2003, cc. 933, 936; 2004, c.1013; 2005, cc. 757, 840, 868, 881.)