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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83290</law_id><section_number>15.2-2508</section_number><catch_line>Governing bodies may require information of departments, etc</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="25">Budgets, Audits and Reports</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Local governing bodies may require the heads or other responsible representatives of all departments, offices, divisions, boards, commissions and agencies of their localities to furnish such information as may be deemed advisable. <a id="paragraph-298440" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2508/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">constitutional officer</span>, as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Audit of local government records, etc.; Auditor of Public Accounts; audit of shortages; civil penalty" href="/15.2-2511/">15.2-2511</a>, for any such <span class="dictionary">locality</span>, to the extent information is required, shall be subject to the provisions of this section. <a id="paragraph-298441" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2508/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-578; 1962, c. 623, &#xA7; 15.1-163; 1993, c. 681; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
