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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 587<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":153553,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82432,"identifier":"15.2-1634","token":"15.2\/II\/16\/5\/15.2-1634","url":"\/15.2-1634\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1634\/","token":"15.2\/II\/16\/5\/15.2-1634","dublin_core":{"Title":"Clerks of circuit courts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1634","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The voters<\/span> in every county<\/span> and in each city<\/span> which has a circuit<\/span> court<\/span>, shall elect for a term of eight years, a clerk of such court<\/span> unless otherwise provided by general law<\/span> or special act. He shall be clerk of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> and may also be the clerk of the governing body<\/span> if the governing body<\/span> so designates. He shall exercise all the powers conferred and perform all the duties imposed upon such officers by general law<\/span> and may perform such other duties, not inconsistent with his office, as may be requested of him by the governing body<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCLERKS OF CIRCUIT COURTS (\u00a7 15.2-1634)\n\nThe voters in every county and in each city which has a circuit court, shall\nelect for a term of eight years, a clerk of such court unless otherwise provided\nby general law or special act. He shall be clerk of the circuit court and may\nalso be the clerk of the governing body if the governing body so designates. He\nshall exercise all the powers conferred and perform all the duties imposed upon\nsuch officers by general law and may perform such other duties, not inconsistent\nwith his office, as may be requested of him by the governing body.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 587.","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}}