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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80364</law_id><section_number>19.2-163.04</section_number><catch_line>Public defender offices</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-163.3</reference><reference>19.2-163.4</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="10">Disability of Judge or Attorney for Commonwealth; Court- Appointed Counsel; Interpreters; Transcripts</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3.1">Indigent Defense</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p><span class="dictionary">Public defender</span> offices are established in:
		a. The City of Virginia Beach;
		b. The City of Petersburg;
		c. The Cities of Buena Vista, Lexington, Staunton, and Waynesboro and the Counties of Augusta and Rockbridge;
		d. The City of Roanoke;
		e. The City of Portsmouth;
		f. The City of Richmond;
		g. The Counties of Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah, and Warren, and the City of Winchester;
		h. The City and County of Fairfax;
		i. The City of Alexandria;
		j. The City of Radford and the Counties of Bland, Pulaski, and Wythe;
		k. The Counties of Fauquier, Loudoun, and Rappahannock;
		l. The City of Suffolk;
		m. The City of Franklin and the Counties of Isle of Wight and Southampton;
		n. The County of Bedford;
		o. The City of Danville;
		p. The Counties of Halifax, Lunenburg, and Mecklenburg;
		q. The City of Fredericksburg and the Counties of King George, Stafford, and Spotsylvania;
		r. The City of Lynchburg;
		s. The City of Martinsville and the Counties of Henry and Patrick;
		t. The City of Charlottesville and the County of Albemarle;
		u. The City of Norfolk;
		v. The County of Arlington and the City of Falls Church;
		w. The City of Newport News;
		x. The City of Chesapeake;
		y. The City of Hampton;
		z. The Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park and the County of Prince William;
		aa. The County of Chesterfield; and
		ab. The City of Harrisonburg and the County of Rockingham.</p></section></text><history>2004, cc. 884, 921; 2004, Sp. Sess. I, c. 4, cl. 2; 2005, c. 951; 2006, Sp. Sess. I, c. 2; 2016, cc. 164, 312; 2020, cc. 348, 376; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 341; 2024, c. 313.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
