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Section
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
Section
15.2-1601
Requirements for officers
Section
15.2-1602
Sharing of such officers by two or more units of government
Section
15.2-1603
Appointment of deputies; their powers; how removed
Section
15.2-1604
Appointment of deputies and employment of employees; discriminatory practices by certain officers; civil penalty
Section
15.2-1605
Vacations; sick leave and compensatory time for certain officers and employees
Section
15.2-1605.1
Supplementing compensation of certain county and city officers and their employees
Section
15.2-1605.2
Salary increases for constitutional officers
Section
15.2-1606
Defense of constitutional officers; appointment of counsel
Section
15.2-1607
Providing legal fees and expenses for sheriffs and deputies
Section
15.2-1608
Treasurer
Section
15.2-1608.1
Salaries of city treasurers
Section
15.2-1608.2
Salaries of county treasurers
Section
15.2-1609
Sheriff
Section
15.2-1609.1
Number of deputies
Section
15.2-1609.2
Sheriffs' salaries; salaries of certain full-time deputies; maximum limits
Section
15.2-1609.3
Fees and mileage allowances
Section
15.2-1609.4
Records of expenses of sheriffs and full-time deputies
Section
15.2-1609.5
Submission of statement of expenses
Section
15.2-1609.6
Agreements regarding traveling expenses
Section
15.2-1609.7
Salaries and expense allowances to be paid by Commonwealth
Section
15.2-1609.8
Payments to counties having certain optional forms of organization and government
Section
15.2-1609.9
Compensation of part-time deputies
Section
15.2-1609.10
Prohibited practices; collection of data
Section
15.2-1610
Standard uniforms and motor vehicle markings to be adopted by sheriffs
Section
15.2-1611
Alternate clothing for sheriff and deputies
Section
15.2-1612
Wearing of same or similar uniforms by unauthorized persons; penalty
Section
15.2-1612.1
Deputy sheriffs to complete course of instruction established by Department of Criminal Justice Services
Section
15.2-1613
Operation of sheriff's office
Section
15.2-1613.1
Processing fee may be imposed on certain individuals
Section
15.2-1614
Destruction of receipts
Section
15.2-1614.1
Expense of boarding and lodging jurors
Section
15.2-1615
Sheriff to deposit funds, keep account of receipts and disbursements, keep books open for inspection
Section
15.2-1615.1
Manner of payment of certain items in budgets of sheriffs
Section
15.2-1616
When deputy may act in place of sheriff
Section
15.2-1617
Deputies of deceased sheriffs
Section
15.2-1618
Compensating certain law-enforcement officers disabled in performance of duty
Section
15.2-1619
When officers not to take obligations
Section
15.2-1620
Process, etc., sent to officer by mail
Section
15.2-1621
Receipts to be given by officers
Section
15.2-1622
Judgment against officer for money due from him
Section
15.2-1623
Judgment for officer or sureties against deputy, etc., when officer liable for misconduct of deputy
Section
15.2-1624
When judgment against officer or sureties has been obtained and paid
Section
15.2-1625
In what court motions may be made
Section
15.2-1626
Attorney for the Commonwealth
Section
15.2-1627
(Effective until January 1, 2022) Duties of attorneys for the Commonwealth and their assistants
Section
15.2-1627
(Effective January 1, 2022) Duties of attorneys for the Commonwealth and their assistants
Section
15.2-1627.1
Salaries of attorneys for the Commonwealth and assistants
Section
15.2-1627.2
Disposition of fees of attorneys for the Commonwealth
Section
15.2-1627.3
Attorneys for the Commonwealth and city attorneys; in criminal cases; when no costs or fees taxed
Section
15.2-1627.4
Coordination of multidisciplinary response to sexual assault
Section
15.2-1627.5
Coordination of multidisciplinary response to child sexual abuse and the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of adults
Section
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
Section
15.2-1629
Part-time attorneys for the Commonwealth in certain counties may seek full-time status
Section
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
Section
15.2-1631
Part-time attorneys for the Commonwealth in certain cities may seek full-time status
Section
15.2-1632
Employment of assistants to attorneys for the Commonwealth, subject to approval of Compensation Board
Section
15.2-1633
Part-time compensated assistants to attorneys for the Commonwealth
Section
15.2-1634
Clerks of circuit courts
Section
15.2-1635
Appointment of deputy when clerk of circuit court unable to perform duties
Section
15.2-1635.1
Maximum total compensation for clerk of the court in certain counties
Section
15.2-1636
Commissioner of the revenue
Section
15.2-1636.1
Salaries of city commissioners of the revenue
Section
15.2-1636.2
Salaries of county commissioners of the revenue
Section
15.2-1636.3
Real estate transfer and license fees in counties
Section
15.2-1636.4
Real estate transfer and license fees in cities
Section
15.2-1636.5
Membership; compensation
Section
15.2-1636.6
Duties of chairman
Section
15.2-1636.6
1. Statement of receipts and expenses of officers
Section
15.2-1636.7
Filing requests for salaries
Section
15.2-1636.8
Duties of Board in fixing salaries, expenses, etc.
Section
15.2-1636.9
Appeal from decision of Board
Section
15.2-1636.10
Appeals from certain decisions affecting expenses, etc., of circuit court clerks
Section
15.2-1636.11
Determination of population
Section
15.2-1636.12
Increase in salaries in certain cases
Section
15.2-1636.13
Time and manner of payment
Section
15.2-1636.14
Proportion borne by Commonwealth and by localities
Section
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
Section
15.2-1636.16
Appropriations chargeable with Commonwealth's proportion of salaries, etc.
Section
15.2-1636.17
Payments to counties which do not have certain officers
Section
15.2-1636.18
Deputies, office expenses, premiums on bonds, etc.
Section
15.2-1636.19
Adjustment of questions of division of compensation, expenses, etc.
Section
15.2-1636.20
Payments to localities under the Personal Property Tax Relief Act of 1998
Section
15.2-1637
Sharing of offices; transfer of jurisdiction
Section
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
Section
15.2-1638.1
Administrative assistants in offices of circuit court judges who are employees of a locality
Section
15.2-1639
Providing offices for various officers, judges, etc.
Section
15.2-1640
Renting rooms in courthouse
Section
15.2-1641
Leasing or other use of other buildings
Section
15.2-1642
Certain conveyances of courthouse grounds validated
Section
15.2-1643
(Effective until January 1, 2022) Circuit courts to order court facilities to be repaired
Section
15.2-1643
(Effective January 1, 2022) Circuit courts to order court facilities to be repaired
Section
15.2-1644
Petition for removal of county courthouse; writ of election
Section
15.2-1645
How election held and conducted
Section
15.2-1646
Certification of result to board of supervisors; procuring land and buildings; relocation to contiguous or nearby land
Section
15.2-1647
Removal of court
Section
15.2-1648
Donation of land and money
Section
15.2-1649
Town may issue bonds to finance donation; election on bonds
Section
15.2-1650
When and how council to issue bonds; payment of interest; sinking fund
Section
15.2-1651
When supervisors may issue bonds of county
Section
15.2-1652
Form of ballots for county election on removal and appropriation; certificate of electoral board
Section
15.2-1653
Ascertaining results
Section
15.2-1654
Contest of election
Section
15.2-1655
No other election held for ten years
Section
15.2-1656
Supplies and equipment to be furnished to clerks of courts of record