19.2-163.4:1 - Repayment of representation costs by convicted persons - Virginia Statutes

§ 19.2-163.4:1. Repayment of representation costs by convicted persons.

In any case in which an attorney from a public defender or capital defenderoffice represents an indigent person charged with an offense and such personis convicted, the sum that would have been allowed a court-appointed attorneyas compensation and as reasonable expenses shall be taxed against the persondefended as a part of the costs of the prosecution, and, if collected, shallbe paid to the Commonwealth or, if payment was made to the Commonwealth by alocality for defense of a local ordinance violation, to the appropriatecounty, city or town. An abstract of such costs shall be docketed in thejudgment lien docket and execution book of the court.

(2004, cc. 884, 921.)