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17.1-629 - No judgment for costs against Commonwealth; exception.

§ 17.1-629. No judgment for costs against Commonwealth; exception.

In no case, civil or criminal, whether in a court of record or a court not ofrecord, except when otherwise specially provided, shall there be a judgmentfor costs against the Commonwealth.

(Code 1950, § 14-197; 1964, c. 386, § 14.1-201; 1998, c. 872.)