Proposed Text
CHAPTER 400
WRIT TAXES REGULATIONS (REPEALED)
23VAC10-400-10. Taxes on suits or writ taxes generally. (Repealed.)
A. The tax does not apply to actions brought by a person
who, on account of indigency, is unable to pay fees or costs and who is allowed
by the court to proceed without paying fees or costs. (See ยงยง 14.1-183 and
14.1-198 of the Code of Virginia.)
B. Cross claims and counter claims are not subject to the
tax. (Opinion of the Attorney General 72-73 at 193; 69-70 at 296.) Third party
motions for judgment are taxable. (Opinion of the Attorney General 72-73 at
455.) The tax does not apply to garnishment proceedings (Opinion of the
Attorney General 73-74 at 415). The tax does not apply to a writ of scire
facias (Opinion of the Attorney General 76-77 at 29).
C. The Commonwealth and political subdivisions thereof are
not required to pay the tax to institute and maintain an action in the
Commonwealth.