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in addition, mileage and other expenses for rendering the services shall be paid for each person, the same to be paid out of the budget allotted to the sheriff as approved by the Compensation Board, except when payment for such guard is otherwise provided under the provisions of \u00a7 53.1-94 of the Code of Virginia.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":310680,"text":"Whenever in the discretion of the court it is necessary for the safekeeping of a prisoner under charge of, or sentence for, crime, whether the prisoner be in jail, hospital, court or elsewhere, the court may order the jailer to summon a sufficient guard, and whenever ordered by the court to do so, the sheriff of any county or city shall summon or employ temporarily such person or persons as may be needed to preserve proper order or otherwise to aid the court in its proper operation and functioning, and for such guard or other service the court may allow therefor so much as it deems proper, not exceeding the hourly equivalent of the minimum annual salary paid a full-time deputy sheriff who performs like services in the same county or city; 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1960, chapter 366; in 1972, chapter 225; in 1973, chapter 401; in 1975, chapter 495; in 1981, chapter 386; in 1985, chapter 321.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":58964,"section_number":"53.1-94","catch_line":"Same when paid by county or city; same when by Compensation Board","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-94\/"}],"permalink":{"id":169933,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86760,"identifier":"19.2-328","token":"19.2\/20\/19.2-328","url":"\/19.2-328\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-328\/","token":"19.2\/20\/19.2-328","dublin_core":{"Title":"When jailers and sheriffs to summon or employ guards and other persons; allowances therefor","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-328","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever in the discretion of the court<\/span> it is necessary for the safekeeping of a prisoner under charge of, or sentence for, crime<\/span>, whether the prisoner be in jail, hospital, court<\/span> or elsewhere, the court<\/span> may order<\/span> the jailer to summon a sufficient guard, and whenever ordered by the court<\/span> to do so, the sheriff of any county or city shall summon or employ temporarily such person or persons as may be needed to preserve proper order<\/span> or otherwise to aid the court<\/span> in its proper operation and functioning, and for such guard or other service the court<\/span> may allow therefor so much as it deems proper, not exceeding the hourly equivalent of the minimum annual salary paid a full-time deputy sheriff who performs like services in the same county or city; in addition, mileage and other expenses for rendering the services shall be paid for each person, the same to be paid out of the budget allotted to the sheriff as approved by the Compensation Board, except when payment for such guard is otherwise provided under the provisions of \u00a7 53.1-94<\/a> of the Code of Virginia.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN JAILERS AND SHERIFFS TO SUMMON OR EMPLOY GUARDS AND OTHER PERSONS;\nALLOWANCES THEREFOR (\u00a7 19.2-328)\n\nWhenever in the discretion of the court it is necessary for the safekeeping of a\nprisoner under charge of, or sentence for, crime, whether the prisoner be in\njail, hospital, court or elsewhere, the court may order the jailer to summon a\nsufficient guard, and whenever ordered by the court to do so, the sheriff of any\ncounty or city shall summon or employ temporarily such person or persons as may\nbe needed to preserve proper order or otherwise to aid the court in its proper\noperation and functioning, and for such guard or other service the court may\nallow therefor so much as it deems proper, not exceeding the hourly equivalent\nof the minimum annual salary paid a full-time deputy sheriff who performs like\nservices in the same county or city; in addition, mileage and other expenses for\nrendering the services shall be paid for each person, the same to be paid out of\nthe budget allotted to the sheriff as approved by the Compensation Board, except\nwhen payment for such guard is otherwise provided under the provisions of \u00a7\n53.1-94 of the Code of Virginia.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 19.1-308; 1960, c. 366; 1972, c. 225; 1973, c. 401; 1975,\nc. 495; 1981, c. 386; 1985, c. 321.","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}}