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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 7 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 1972, chapter 800; in 1975, chapter 495; in 1978, chapter 698; in 1979, chapter 194; in 1990, chapter 734; in 1992, chapter 80; in 2007, chapter 680<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":76496,"section_number":"19.2-163.01:1","catch_line":"Supplementing compensation of public defender","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-163.01_1\/"},{"id":80666,"section_number":"19.2-327.11","catch_line":"Contents and form of the petition based on previously unknown or unavailable evidence of actual innocence","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-327.11\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":80364,"section_number":"19.2-163.04","catch_line":"Public defender offices","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-163.04\/"}],"permalink":{"id":168407,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69563,"identifier":"19.2-163.3","token":"19.2\/10\/4\/19.2-163.3","url":"\/19.2-163.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-163.3\/","token":"19.2\/10\/4\/19.2-163.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Duties of public defenders","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-163.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Public defenders<\/span> shall carry out the following duties in accordance with the guidance, policies, and authorizations of the Indigent<\/span> Defense Commission:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> To assist the executive director of the Commission in securing office space, to employ a staff, to fix salaries and to do such other things necessary to carry out the duties imposed upon them with the approval of the Commission. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> To represent or supervise assistants in representing within their respective jurisdictions<\/span> as set out in § 19.2-163.04<\/a> indigent<\/span> persons charged with a crime<\/span> or offense<\/span> when such persons are entitled to be represented by law<\/span> by court<\/span>-appointed counsel<\/span> in a court<\/span> of record or a court<\/span> not of record. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

c.<\/span> To represent or supervise assistants in representing indigent<\/span> persons who are entitled to be represented by court<\/span>-appointed counsel<\/span> in an appeal<\/span> of their conviction<\/span> to the Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span> or the Supreme Court<\/span> of Virginia. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

d.<\/span> To submit such reports as required by the Commission. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDUTIES OF PUBLIC DEFENDERS (\u00a7 19.2-163.3)\n\nPublic defenders shall carry out the following duties in accordance with the\nguidance, policies, and authorizations of the Indigent Defense Commission:\n\na. To assist the executive director of the Commission in securing office space,\nto employ a staff, to fix salaries and to do such other things necessary to\ncarry out the duties imposed upon them with the approval of the Commission.\n\nb. To represent or supervise assistants in representing within their respective\njurisdictions as set out in § 19.2-163.04 indigent persons charged with a\ncrime or offense when such persons are entitled to be represented by law by\ncourt-appointed counsel in a court of record or a court not of record.\n\nc. To represent or supervise assistants in representing indigent persons who are\nentitled to be represented by court-appointed counsel in an appeal of their\nconviction to the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court of Virginia.\n\nd. To submit such reports as required by the Commission.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 19.1-32.4; 1972, c. 800; 1975, c. 495; 1978, c. 698;\n1979, c. 194; 1990, c. 734; 1992, c. 80; 2007, c. 680.","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}}