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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 5 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 1991 \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":78364,"section_number":"18.2-95","catch_line":"Grand larceny defined; how punished","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-95\/"},{"id":85076,"section_number":"18.2-96","catch_line":"Petit larceny defined; how punished","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-96\/"},{"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\/"},{"id":69115,"section_number":"63.2-502","catch_line":"False application or false swearing; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-502\/"},{"id":70279,"section_number":"63.2-513","catch_line":"Notification of change in circumstances","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-513\/"},{"id":58163,"section_number":"63.2-522","catch_line":"False statements, representations, impersonations and fraudulent devices; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-522\/"},{"id":66086,"section_number":"63.2-523","catch_line":"Unauthorized use of food stamps, electronic benefit transfer cards, and energy assistance prohibited; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-523\/"},{"id":76772,"section_number":"63.2-524","catch_line":"Denial of benefits upon finding of fraudulent acts","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-524\/"}],"permalink":{"id":271175,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61748,"identifier":"63.2-525","token":"63.2\/II\/5\/63.2-525","url":"\/63.2-525\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-525\/","token":"63.2\/II\/5\/63.2-525","dublin_core":{"Title":"Payment by Department for legal services","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-525","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 assistant attorney for the Commonwealth and such assistant’s duties consist of the prosecution<\/span> of public assistance<\/span> fraud<\/span> cases pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 18.2-95<\/a>, 18.2-96<\/a>, 63.2-502<\/a>, 63.2-513<\/a>, 63.2-522<\/a>, 63.2-523<\/a> or \u00a7 63.2-524<\/a>, the Department<\/span> may, with the consent of the attorney for the Commonwealth of the jurisdiction<\/span>, contract<\/span> with the county or city or combination thereof for whom such assistant attorney for the Commonwealth is authorized regarding the duties of such assistant and regarding the payment by the Department<\/span> of the entire salary, expenses, including secretarial services, and allowances of such assistant, 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 the entire amount of 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>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPAYMENT BY DEPARTMENT FOR LEGAL SERVICES (\u00a7 63.2-525)\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 assistant attorney for the Commonwealth and such\nassistant’s duties consist of the prosecution of public assistance fraud\ncases pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 18.2-95, 18.2-96, 63.2-502, 63.2-513, 63.2-522, 63.2-523\nor \u00a7 63.2-524, the Department may, with the consent of the attorney for the\nCommonwealth of the jurisdiction, contract with the county or city or\ncombination thereof for whom such assistant attorney for the Commonwealth is\nauthorized regarding the duties of such assistant and regarding the payment by\nthe Department of the entire salary, expenses, including secretarial services,\nand allowances of such assistant, as shall be approved by the Compensation\nBoard, for the entire time devoted to these duties. Any such contract may\nprovide that the county, city, or combination thereof shall pay the entire\namount of such salary, expenses, and allowances and that the Department shall\nreimburse such county or city therefor. The amount of such salary, expenses, and\nallowances shall be set by the Compensation Board as provided by law.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 5, \u00a7 63.1-124.3; 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}}