19.2-47 - Magistrate not to receive claims or evidence of debt for collection.
§ 19.2-47. Magistrate not to receive claims or evidence of debt forcollection.
No magistrate shall receive claims or evidence of debt for collection; and itshall be unlawful for any magistrate to receive claims of any kind forcollection, or to accept or receive money or any other things of value by wayof commission or compensation for or on account of any collection made by orthrough him on any such claim, either before or after judgment. Anymagistrate violating this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(Code 1950, § 19.1-396; 1973, c. 545; 1975, c. 495.)