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They shall be paid out of the county or city treasury. One-half of such compensation shall be reimbursed to any city or county from funds appropriated to the Department. Any funds from the Department of Criminal Justice Services or from other public fund sources outside of the provisions of this law which are used in compensating such personnel shall not be considered state funds.\n\t\tCompensation of all other probation officers and related court service personnel appointed in accordance with subsection A of \u00a7 16.1-235 shall be fixed in accordance with Chapter 29 (\u00a7 2.2-2900 et seq.) of Title 2.2. Personnel transferred from local and regional court staffs shall suffer no reduction in pay and shall transfer into the state program all accrued leave and other benefits allowable under Chapter 29 of Title 2.2. Probation officers and related court service personnel appointed in accordance with subsection A of \u00a7 16.1-235 shall be paid necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties.\n\t\tThe salary and expenses provided for personnel appointed in accordance with subsection A of \u00a7 16.1-235 shall be paid by the Commonwealth, and no part shall be paid by or chargeable to any county or city. The governing body of any county or city, however, may add to the compensation of such personnel such an amount as the governing body may appropriate not to exceed 50 percent of the amount paid by the Commonwealth. No such additional amount paid by a local governing body shall be chargeable to the Department of Juvenile Justice nor shall it remove or supersede any authority, control or supervision of the Department.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":310529,"text":"The compensation of probation officers and other court service staff members appointed in accordance with subsection B of \u00a7 16.1-235 shall be fixed by the governing body of the city or county in which they serve. They shall be paid out of the county or city treasury. One-half of such compensation shall be reimbursed to any city or county from funds appropriated to the Department. Any funds from the Department of Criminal Justice Services or from other public fund sources outside of the provisions of this law which are used in compensating such personnel shall not be considered state funds.\n\t\tCompensation of all other probation officers and related court service personnel appointed in accordance with subsection A of \u00a7 16.1-235 shall be fixed in accordance with Chapter 29 (\u00a7 2.2-2900 et seq.) of Title 2.2. Personnel transferred from local and regional court staffs shall suffer no reduction in pay and shall transfer into the state program all accrued leave and other benefits allowable under Chapter 29 of Title 2.2. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 9 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 1956, chapter 555; in 1972, chapter 708; in 1973, chapter 546; in 1974, chapters 44 and 45; in 1977, chapter 559; in 1982, chapter 636; in 1983, chapter 358; in 1989, chapter 733; in 2012, chapters 164<\/a> and 456<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":85897,"section_number":"16.1-235","catch_line":"How probation, parole and related court services provided","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-235\/"},{"id":65778,"section_number":"2.2-2900","catch_line":"Short title; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2900\/"}],"permalink":{"id":161469,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86698,"identifier":"16.1-238","token":"16.1\/11\/2\/16.1-238","url":"\/16.1-238\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-238\/","token":"16.1\/11\/2\/16.1-238","dublin_core":{"Title":"Compensation of probation officers, court service staff members and related court service personnel; reimbursement; traveling and other expenses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-238","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The compensation of probation officers<\/span> and other court<\/span> service staff members appointed in accordance with subsection B of \u00a7 16.1-235<\/a> shall be fixed by the governing body of the city or county in which they serve. They shall be paid out of the county or city treasury. One-half of such compensation shall be reimbursed to any city or county from funds appropriated to the Department<\/span>. Any funds from the Department<\/span> of Criminal Justice Services or from other public fund sources outside of the provisions of this law<\/span> which are used in compensating such personnel shall not be considered state funds.\n\t\tCompensation of all other probation officers<\/span> and related court<\/span> service personnel appointed in accordance with subsection A of \u00a7 16.1-235<\/a> shall be fixed in accordance with Chapter 29 (\u00a7 2.2-2900<\/a> et seq.) of Title 2.2. Personnel transferred from local and regional court<\/span> staffs shall suffer no reduction in pay and shall transfer into the state program all accrued leave and other benefits allowable under Chapter 29 of Title 2.2. Probation officers<\/span> and related court<\/span> service personnel appointed in accordance with subsection A of \u00a7 16.1-235<\/a> shall be paid necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties.\n\t\tThe salary and expenses provided for personnel appointed in accordance with subsection A of \u00a7 16.1-235<\/a> shall be paid by the Commonwealth, and no part shall be paid by or chargeable to any county or city. The governing body of any county or city, however, may add to the compensation of such personnel such an amount as the governing body may appropriate not to exceed 50 percent of the amount paid by the Commonwealth. No such additional amount paid by a local governing body shall be chargeable to the Department<\/span> of Juvenile Justice nor shall it remove or supersede any authority, control or supervision of the Department<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMPENSATION OF PROBATION OFFICERS, COURT SERVICE STAFF MEMBERS AND RELATED\nCOURT SERVICE PERSONNEL; REIMBURSEMENT; TRAVELING AND OTHER EXPENSES (\u00a7\n16.1-238)\n\nThe compensation of probation officers and other court service staff members\nappointed in accordance with subsection B of \u00a7 16.1-235 shall be fixed by the\ngoverning body of the city or county in which they serve. They shall be paid out\nof the county or city treasury. One-half of such compensation shall be\nreimbursed to any city or county from funds appropriated to the Department. Any\nfunds from the Department of Criminal Justice Services or from other public fund\nsources outside of the provisions of this law which are used in compensating\nsuch personnel shall not be considered state funds.\n\t\tCompensation of all other probation officers and related court service\npersonnel appointed in accordance with subsection A of \u00a7 16.1-235 shall be\nfixed in accordance with Chapter 29 (\u00a7 2.2-2900 et seq.) of Title 2.2.\nPersonnel transferred from local and regional court staffs shall suffer no\nreduction in pay and shall transfer into the state program all accrued leave and\nother benefits allowable under Chapter 29 of Title 2.2. Probation officers and\nrelated court service personnel appointed in accordance with subsection A of \u00a7\n16.1-235 shall be paid necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in the\ndischarge of their duties.\n\t\tThe salary and expenses provided for personnel appointed in accordance with\nsubsection A of \u00a7 16.1-235 shall be paid by the Commonwealth, and no part shall\nbe paid by or chargeable to any county or city. The governing body of any county\nor city, however, may add to the compensation of such personnel such an amount\nas the governing body may appropriate not to exceed 50 percent of the amount\npaid by the Commonwealth. No such additional amount paid by a local governing\nbody shall be chargeable to the Department of Juvenile Justice nor shall it\nremove or supersede any authority, control or supervision of the Department.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 16.1-206; 1956, c. 555; 1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546; 1974,\ncc. 44, 45; 1977, c. 559; 1982, c. 636; 1983, c. 358; 1989, c. 733; 2012, cc.\n164, 456.","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}}