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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66437</law_id><section_number>15.2-1609.9</section_number><catch_line>Compensation of part-time deputies</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="16">Local Constitutional Officers, Courthouses and Supplies</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Sheriff</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The part-time deputies of sheriffs shall not receive fixed salaries, but shall be entitled to receive reasonable compensation for their services and allowances for their expenses, to be determined and paid as hereinafter provided. Each such part-time deputy shall keep a record of all services performed by him as such, which shall be reported to the sheriff whose deputy he is. The sheriff shall likewise keep a record of all services performed by each part-time deputy. Each sheriff shall file a monthly report with the <span class="dictionary">board of supervisors</span> or other <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of the <span class="dictionary">county</span> or <span class="dictionary">city</span> <span class="dictionary">council</span>, as the case may be, on or before the fifth day of the month next succeeding that in which such services are performed, showing in detail all services and hours of service rendered by part-time deputies. The <span class="dictionary">board of supervisors</span> or other <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> or the <span class="dictionary">city</span> <span class="dictionary">council</span> shall recommend to the Compensation Board what in its <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> is a fair compensation to pay each individual part-time deputy of a sheriff on the basis of such reports, except that the limit for compensation per hour of service shall not exceed the hourly equivalent of the minimum annual salary paid a full-time deputy sheriff of like rank and experience who performs like services in the same <span class="dictionary">county</span> or <span class="dictionary">city</span>. In addition, mileage and other expenses for rendering the services shall be paid. If in the <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> of the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> such limit would work a hardship on a particular part-time deputy sheriff, each sum may be increased with the written approval of the <span class="dictionary">judge</span> of the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> of the <span class="dictionary">county</span> or <span class="dictionary">city</span> for which such officer is appointed.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 14-90; 1964, c. 386, &#xA7; 14.1-78; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 155; 1972, c. 225; 1980, c. 550; 1998, c. 872; 2017, c. 337.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
