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Any such contract may provide that the county or city shall pay such salary, expenses and allowances and that the Department shall reimburse such county or city therefor.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":208393,"text":"Notwithstanding any provision of \u00a7\u00a7 2.2-2814, 2.2-2815, 2.2-2816, 2.2-2823, 2.2-2824, 2.2-2825 or \u00a7 2.2-2826 to the contrary, whenever there shall be authorized by law an attorney for the Commonwealth, the Department may contract with the county or city or combination thereof for whom such attorney for the Commonwealth is authorized regarding the payment by the Department of the salary, expenses, including secretarial services, and allowances or part thereof of such attorney, as shall be approved by the Compensation Board, for the entire time devoted to these duties. 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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 906 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. Unfortunately, the 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":72502,"section_number":"2.2-2814","catch_line":"How salaries, expenses and other allowances paid; time of payment","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2814\/"},{"id":65734,"section_number":"2.2-2815","catch_line":"Increase in salaries","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2815\/"},{"id":72671,"section_number":"2.2-2816","catch_line":"Liability of salary of officer for debt he owes Commonwealth; how enforced; when officer's right to file petition barred","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2816\/"},{"id":60037,"section_number":"2.2-2823","catch_line":"Traveling expenses on state business; public or private transportation","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2823\/"},{"id":86427,"section_number":"2.2-2824","catch_line":"Monitoring travel expenses while on state business","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2824\/"},{"id":73173,"section_number":"2.2-2825","catch_line":"Reimbursement for certain travel expenditures; restrictions on reimbursement","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2825\/"},{"id":86361,"section_number":"2.2-2826","catch_line":"Travel expense accounts; review by Comptroller","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2826\/"}],"permalink":{"id":272707,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56892,"identifier":"63.2-1948","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/9\/63.2-1948","url":"\/63.2-1948\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1948\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/9\/63.2-1948","dublin_core":{"Title":"Payment by Department for legal services","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1948","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding any provision of \u00a7\u00a7 2.2-2814<\/a>, 2.2-2815<\/a>, 2.2-2816<\/a>, 2.2-2823<\/a>, 2.2-2824<\/a>, 2.2-2825<\/a> or \u00a7 2.2-2826<\/a> to the contrary, whenever there shall be authorized by law<\/span> an attorney for the Commonwealth, the Department<\/span> may contract<\/span> with the county or city or combination thereof for whom such attorney for the Commonwealth is authorized regarding the payment by the Department<\/span> of the salary, expenses, including secretarial services, and allowances or part thereof of such attorney, as shall be approved by the Compensation Board<\/span>, for the entire time devoted to these duties. Any such contract<\/span> may provide that the county, city or combination thereof shall pay such salary, expenses and allowances and that the Department<\/span> shall reimburse such county or city therefor. The amount of such salary, expenses and allowances shall be set by the Compensation Board<\/span> as provided by law<\/span>.\n\t\tWhenever there is in any county or city a county attorney or city attorney whose duties consist of legal services with respect to the provisions of this chapter, the Department<\/span> may contract<\/span> with such county or city regarding the duties of such county or city attorney and regarding payment by the Department<\/span> of the salary, expenses, including secretarial services, and allowances or part thereof of such attorney for the time devoted to these duties. Any such contract<\/span> may provide that the county or city shall pay such salary, expenses and allowances and that the Department<\/span> shall reimburse such county or city therefor.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPAYMENT BY DEPARTMENT FOR LEGAL SERVICES (\u00a7 63.2-1948)\n\nNotwithstanding any provision of \u00a7\u00a7 2.2-2814, 2.2-2815, 2.2-2816, 2.2-2823,\n2.2-2824, 2.2-2825 or \u00a7 2.2-2826 to the contrary, whenever there shall be\nauthorized by law an attorney for the Commonwealth, the Department may contract\nwith the county or city or combination thereof for whom such attorney for the\nCommonwealth is authorized regarding the payment by the Department of the\nsalary, expenses, including secretarial services, and allowances or part thereof\nof such attorney, as shall be approved by the Compensation Board, for the entire\ntime devoted to these duties. Any such contract may provide that the county,\ncity or combination thereof shall pay such salary, expenses and allowances and\nthat the Department shall reimburse such county or city therefor. The amount of\nsuch salary, expenses and allowances shall be set by the Compensation Board as\nprovided by law.\n\t\tWhenever there is in any county or city a county attorney or city attorney\nwhose duties consist of legal services with respect to the provisions of this\nchapter, the Department may contract with such county or city regarding the\nduties of such county or city attorney and regarding payment by the Department\nof the salary, expenses, including secretarial services, and allowances or part\nthereof of such attorney for the time devoted to these duties. Any such contract\nmay provide that the county or city shall pay such salary, expenses and\nallowances and that the Department shall reimburse such county or city therefor.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 906, \u00a7 63.1-274.9; 2002, c. 747.","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}}