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 judge of each circuit court shall ascertain at the term of his court next succeeding January 15 of each year whether the clerk of such court has performed such duties. If it appears that the clerk has failed to perform such duties, in the manner and within the time prescribed, the judge shall issue 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 herein imposed.
Code 1950, § 58-799; 1984, c. 675.