19.2-353.5 - Interest on fines and costs. - Virginia Statutes

§ 19.2-353.5. Interest on fines and costs.

No interest shall accrue on any fine or costs imposed in a criminal case orin a case involving a traffic infraction for a period of forty days from thedate of the final judgment imposing such fine or costs or during any periodthe defendant is incarcerated as a result of that case. In no event shallinterest accrue in such cases during any period in which a fine, costs, orboth a fine and costs are being paid in deferred or installment paymentspursuant to an order of the court. Whenever interest on any unpaid fine orcosts accrues, it shall accrue at the judgment rate of interest set forth in§ 6.1-330.54.

(1987, c. 648; 1988, cc. 106, 508; 1995, cc. 375, 566; 1996, c. 226.)