58.1-3305 - Penalty on clerks for failure to deliver such lists. - Virginia Statutes

§ 58.1-3305. Penalty on clerks for failure to deliver such lists.

If any clerk fails to perform the duties required of him by § 58.1-3303 or §58.1-3304 he shall forfeit to the Commonwealth the sum of $100 and the judgeof each circuit court shall ascertain at the term of his court nextsucceeding January 15 of each year whether the clerk of such court hasperformed such duties. If it appears that the clerk has failed to performsuch duties, in the manner and within the time prescribed, the judge shallissue a rule against the clerk, returnable within five days, to show cause,if any, why judgment shall not be entered against him for the penalty hereinimposed.

(Code 1950, § 58-799; 1984, c. 675.)