17.1-606 - Persons allowed services without fees or costs.
§ 17.1-606. Persons allowed services without fees or costs.
Any person, who is a resident of this Commonwealth, and on account of hispoverty is unable to pay fees or costs may be allowed by a court to sue ordefend a suit therein, without paying fees or costs; whereupon he shall have,from any counsel whom the court may assign him, and from all officers, allneedful services and process, without any fees, except what may be includedin the costs recovered from the opposite party.
(Code 1950, § 14-180; 1964, c. 386, § 14.1-183; 1972, c. 839; 1987, c. 197;1998, c. 872.)