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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1952, chapter 714; in 1964, chapter 386; in 1978, chapter 666; in 1983, chapter 317; in 1998, chapter 872<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":153389,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67447,"identifier":"15.2-1609.4","token":"15.2\/II\/16\/3\/15.2-1609.4","url":"\/15.2-1609.4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1609.4\/","token":"15.2\/II\/16\/3\/15.2-1609.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Records of expenses of sheriffs and full-time deputies","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1609.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Each sheriff and each full-time deputy shall keep a record of all expenses incurred by him including expenses for traveling, telephone, telegraph, clerical assistance, office facilities and supplies, bond<\/span> premiums, cook hire, maintenance and repair cost of automobile police radio equipment including radio transmitter system and all accessories thereto, and any other expense incident to his office. Each full-time deputy shall file a monthly report with his principal showing in detail the expenses incurred by him. Each sheriff shall also include in the report the mileage which was incurred for himself and each full-time deputy as a result of patrolling performed at the direction of the sheriff, the mileage to and from the residence of the sheriff or full-time deputy and the place where the sheriff or full-time deputy starts his duty and the mileage shall be an allowable expense of the sheriff’s department.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECORDS OF EXPENSES OF SHERIFFS AND FULL-TIME DEPUTIES (\u00a7 15.2-1609.4)\n\nEach sheriff and each full-time deputy shall keep a record of all expenses\nincurred by him including expenses for traveling, telephone, telegraph, clerical\nassistance, office facilities and supplies, bond premiums, cook hire,\nmaintenance and repair cost of automobile police radio equipment including radio\ntransmitter system and all accessories thereto, and any other expense incident\nto his office. Each full-time deputy shall file a monthly report with his\nprincipal showing in detail the expenses incurred by him. Each sheriff shall\nalso include in the report the mileage which was incurred for himself and each\nfull-time deputy as a result of patrolling performed at the direction of the\nsheriff, the mileage to and from the residence of the sheriff or full-time\ndeputy and the place where the sheriff or full-time deputy starts his duty and\nthe mileage shall be an allowable expense of the sheriff’s department.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 14-87, p. 71; 1952, c. 714; 1964, c. 386, \u00a7 14.1-75;\n1971, Ex. Sess., c. 155; 1978, c. 666; 1983, c. 317; 1998, c. 872.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}