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§ 15.2-1600. Counties and cities required to elect certain officers; qualifications of attorney for the Commonwealth; duties and compensation of officers; vacancies, certain counties and cities excepted; officer's powers not to be diminished - A. The voters of each county and city shall elect...
§ 15.2-1601. Requirements for officers - The officers required by § 15.2-1600 are subject to the...
§ 15.2-1602. Sharing of such officers by two or more units of government - Two or more units of government may share the officer...
§ 15.2-1603. Appointment of deputies; their powers; how removed - The treasurer, the sheriff, the commissioner of the revenue, and...
§ 15.2-1604. Appointment of deputies and employment of employees; discriminatory practices by certain officers; civil penalty - A. It shall be an unlawful employment practice for a...
§ 15.2-1605. Vacations; sick leave and compensatory time for certain officers and employees - A. "Employee," as used in this section, means an employee...
§ 15.2-1605.1. Supplementing compensation of certain county and city officers and their employees - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing body of...
§ 15.2-1605.2. Salary increases for constitutional officers - In every locality of this Commonwealth, whenever the Compensation Board...
§ 15.2-1606. Defense of constitutional officers; appointment of counsel - In the event that any treasurer, sheriff, attorney for the...
§ 15.2-1607. Providing legal fees and expenses for sheriffs and deputies - If any sheriff or deputy sheriff is arrested or indicted...
§ 15.2-1608. Treasurer - The voters in every county and city shall elect a...
§ 15.2-1608.1. Salaries of city treasurers - The annual salaries of city treasurers or any officers, whether...
§ 15.2-1608.2. Salaries of county treasurers - The annual salaries of county treasurers or any officers, whether...
§ 15.2-1609. Sheriff - The voters in every county and city shall elect a...
§ 15.2-1609.1. Number of deputies - Except as provided in § 15.2-1603, the respective number of...
§ 15.2-1609.2. Sheriffs' salaries; salaries of certain full-time deputies; maximum limits - A. The sheriffs of the counties and the cities of...
§ 15.2-1609.3. Fees and mileage allowances - A. Every sheriff, and every sheriff's deputy, shall collect all...
§ 15.2-1609.4. Records of expenses of sheriffs and full-time deputies - Each sheriff and each full-time deputy shall keep a record...
§ 15.2-1609.5. Submission of statement of expenses - Each sheriff shall submit a monthly statement of all traveling...
§ 15.2-1609.6. Agreements regarding traveling expenses - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 15.2-1609.5, the governing body of...
§ 15.2-1609.7. Salaries and expense allowances to be paid by Commonwealth - The Commonwealth shall pay the salaries and expense allowances of...
§ 15.2-1609.8. Payments to counties having certain optional forms of organization and government - The Compensation Board shall, in the manner provided by law,...
§ 15.2-1609.9. Compensation of part-time deputies - The part-time deputies of sheriffs shall not receive fixed salaries,...
§ 15.2-1609.10. Prohibited practices; collection of data - A. No sheriff or deputy sheriff shall engage in bias-based...
§ 15.2-1609.11. Arrest or summons quota prohibited - A. A sheriff shall not establish a formal or informal...
§ 15.2-1610. Standard uniforms and motor vehicle markings to be adopted by sheriffs - A. Except as provided in § 15.2-1611, all uniforms used...
§ 15.2-1611. Alternate clothing for sheriff and deputies - When the duties of a sheriff or deputy sheriff are...
§ 15.2-1612. Wearing of same or similar uniforms by unauthorized persons; penalty - Any unauthorized person who wears a uniform identical to or...
§ 15.2-1612.1. Deputy sheriffs to complete course of instruction established by Department of Criminal Justice Services - Any full-time deputy sheriff not employed on July 1, 1971,...
§ 15.2-1613. Operation of sheriff's office - Any county or city may appropriate funds for the operation...
§ 15.2-1613.1. Processing fee may be imposed on certain individuals - Any county or city may by ordinance authorize a processing...
§ 15.2-1614. Destruction of receipts - Every sheriff shall maintain in his office all official receipt...
§ 15.2-1614.1. Expense of boarding and lodging jurors - Whenever it is necessary for a sheriff or sergeant to...
§ 15.2-1615. Sheriff to deposit funds, keep account of receipts and disbursements, keep books open for inspection - A. All money received by the sheriff shall be deposited...
§ 15.2-1615.1. Manner of payment of certain items in budgets of sheriffs - A. Whenever a sheriff purchases office furniture, office equipment, stationery,...
§ 15.2-1616. When deputy may act in place of sheriff - When for any cause it is improper for the sheriff...
§ 15.2-1617. Deputies of deceased sheriffs - If any sheriff dies during his term of office, his...
§ 15.2-1618. Compensating certain law-enforcement officers disabled in performance of duty - All counties and cities shall provide for the relief of...
§ 15.2-1619. When officers not to take obligations - No officer shall, by color of his office, take any...
§ 15.2-1620. Process, etc., sent to officer by mail - Any sheriff or other officer may transmit by mail to...
§ 15.2-1621. Receipts to be given by officers - Every officer shall deliver to each person who pays him,...
§ 15.2-1622. Judgment against officer for money due from him - If any officer or his deputy makes a return upon...
§ 15.2-1623. Judgment for officer or sureties against deputy, etc., when officer liable for misconduct of deputy - If any deputy of a sheriff or other officer commits...
§ 15.2-1624. When judgment against officer or sureties has been obtained and paid - If any judgment or decree is obtained against a sheriff,...
§ 15.2-1625. In what court motions may be made - Any motion under either § 15.2-1623 or § 15.2-1624 may...
§ 15.2-1626. Attorney for the Commonwealth - The voters in every county and city shall elect an...
§ 15.2-1627. Duties of attorneys for the Commonwealth and their assistants - A. No attorney for the Commonwealth, or assistant attorney for...
§ 15.2-1627.1. Salaries of attorneys for the Commonwealth and assistants - A. The annual salaries of attorneys for the Commonwealth shall...
§ 15.2-1627.2. Disposition of fees of attorneys for the Commonwealth - Every such attorney for the Commonwealth shall, however, continue to...
§ 15.2-1627.3. Attorneys for the Commonwealth and city attorneys; in criminal cases; when no costs or fees taxed - The fees of attorneys for the Commonwealth in all felony...
§ 15.2-1627.4. (Effective until September 1, 2022) Coordination of multidisciplinary response to sexual assault - A. The attorney for the Commonwealth in each political subdivision...
§ 15.2-1627.4. (Effective September 1, 2022) Coordination of multidisciplinary response to sexual assault - A. The attorney for the Commonwealth in each political subdivision...
§ 15.2-1627.5. Coordination of multidisciplinary response to child sexual abuse and the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of adults - A. The attorney for the Commonwealth in each jurisdiction in...
§ 15.2-1628. Attorneys for the Commonwealth and assistants in certain counties to devote full time to duties; no additional compensation for substituting for or assisting any other attorney for the Commonwealth or assistant - A. In counties having a population of more than 35,000,...
§ 15.2-1629. Part-time attorneys for the Commonwealth in certain counties may seek full-time status - A. Notwithstanding §§ 15.2-1627.1 and 15.2-1628, any attorney for the...
§ 15.2-1630. Attorneys for the Commonwealth for cities; no additional compensation for substituting for or assisting any other attorney for the Commonwealth or assistant - The voters in every city shall elect, for a term...
§ 15.2-1631. Part-time attorneys for the Commonwealth in certain cities may seek full-time status - A. Notwithstanding §§ 15.2-1627.1 and 15.2-1630, any attorney for the...
§ 15.2-1632. Employment of assistants to attorneys for the Commonwealth, subject to approval of Compensation Board - Every county and city may, with the approval of the...
§ 15.2-1633. Part-time compensated assistants to attorneys for the Commonwealth - Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of §§ 15.2-1627.1, 15.2-1628 and 15.2-1630,...
§ 15.2-1634. Clerks of circuit courts - The voters in every county and in each city which...
§ 15.2-1635. Appointment of deputy when clerk of circuit court unable to perform duties - Whenever it is found by the judge of a circuit...
§ 15.2-1635.1. Maximum total compensation for clerk of the court in certain counties - In Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, and Rappahannock Counties, wherein the...
§ 15.2-1636. Commissioner of the revenue - The voters in every county and city shall elect a...
§ 15.2-1636.1. Salaries of city commissioners of the revenue - The annual salaries of city commissioners of the revenue under...
§ 15.2-1636.2. Salaries of county commissioners of the revenue - The annual salaries of county commissioners of the revenue under...
§ 15.2-1636.3. Real estate transfer and license fees in counties - The treasurers of the several counties shall hereafter collect the...
§ 15.2-1636.4. Real estate transfer and license fees in cities - Such officers as may be authorized by law to collect...
§ 15.2-1636.5. Membership; compensation - The Compensation Board shall consist of the Auditor of Public...
§ 15.2-1636.6. Duties of chairman - The chairman of the Board shall supervise the administrative work...
§ 15.2-1636.6:1. Statement of receipts and expenses of officers - The Compensation Board shall as soon as practicable annually furnish...
§ 15.2-1636.7. Filing requests for salaries - At the times hereinafter prescribed, every attorney for the Commonwealth,...
§ 15.2-1636.8. Duties of Board in fixing salaries, expenses, etc. - All salaries of such officers shall be as hereinafter provided....
§ 15.2-1636.9. Appeal from decision of Board - A. Any officer whose budget is affected by a decision...
§ 15.2-1636.10. Appeals from certain decisions affecting expenses, etc., of circuit court clerks - Any clerk of a circuit court shall have a right...
§ 15.2-1636.11. Determination of population - For the purpose of fixing salaries specified in §§ 15.2-1608.1,...
§ 15.2-1636.12. Increase in salaries in certain cases - Any officer whose salary in the year ending June 30,...
§ 15.2-1636.13. Time and manner of payment - A. The salaries fixed in accordance with this article shall...
§ 15.2-1636.14. Proportion borne by Commonwealth and by localities - A. The salaries, expenses and other allowances of attorneys for...
§ 15.2-1636.15. Manner of payment of certain items contained in budgets of county and city attorneys for the Commonwealth, treasurers and commissioners of the revenue - A. Whenever a county or city attorney for the Commonwealth,...
§ 15.2-1636.16. Appropriations chargeable with Commonwealth's proportion of salaries, etc. - The Commonwealth's proportion of the salaries, expenses and other allowances...
§ 15.2-1636.17. Payments to counties which do not have certain officers - The Compensation Board shall determine the compensation and expense allowances...
§ 15.2-1636.18. Deputies, office expenses, premiums on bonds, etc. - The Compensation Board shall determine (i) how many deputies and...
§ 15.2-1636.19. Adjustment of questions of division of compensation, expenses, etc. - The Compensation Board may adjust equitably all questions of the...
§ 15.2-1636.20. Payments to localities under the Personal Property Tax Relief Act of 1998 - Localities shall be reimbursed for the administrative costs associated with...
§ 15.2-1637. Sharing of offices; transfer of jurisdiction - A. Any attorney for the Commonwealth, clerk of a circuit...
§ 15.2-1638. County or city governing body to provide courthouse, clerk's office, jail and suitable facilities for attorney for the Commonwealth; acquisition of land - The governing body of every county and city shall provide...
§ 15.2-1638.1. Administrative assistants in offices of circuit court judges who are employees of a locality - An employee, not employed by a constitutional officer, hired and...
§ 15.2-1639. Providing offices for various officers, judges, etc. - The governing body of each county and city shall, if...
§ 15.2-1640. Renting rooms in courthouse - With the approval of the judge of the circuit court...
§ 15.2-1641. Leasing or other use of other buildings - When the governing body of any county or city, pursuant...
§ 15.2-1642. Certain conveyances of courthouse grounds validated - Any other provision of law to the contrary, notwithstanding, any...
§ 15.2-1643. Circuit courts to order court facilities to be repaired - A. When it appears to the circuit court for any...
§ 15.2-1644. Petition for removal of county courthouse; writ of election - A. Whenever a number of voters equal to at least...
§ 15.2-1645. How election held and conducted - The election specified in § 15.2-1644 shall be held and...
§ 15.2-1646. Certification of result to board of supervisors; procuring land and buildings; relocation to contiguous or nearby land - If it appears from the returns that a majority of...
§ 15.2-1647. Removal of court - As soon as the courthouse is completed, the board of...
§ 15.2-1648. Donation of land and money - Any town or individual may donate to the county the...
§ 15.2-1649. Town may issue bonds to finance donation; election on bonds - When any town desires to donate to the county any...
§ 15.2-1650. When and how council to issue bonds; payment of interest; sinking fund - If a majority of the voters in the town taking...
§ 15.2-1651. When supervisors may issue bonds of county - If the land is not donated, and the fund offered...
§ 15.2-1652. Form of ballots for county election on removal and appropriation; certificate of electoral board - The ballots used in the election required by § 15.2-1644...
§ 15.2-1653. Ascertaining results - The electoral board shall ascertain the vote from the returns,...
§ 15.2-1654. Contest of election - Returns in such election shall be subject to the inquiry,...
§ 15.2-1655. No other election held for ten years - After an election has been held in any county upon...
§ 15.2-1656. Supplies and equipment to be furnished to clerks of courts of record - The governing body of each county and city shall, at...