Article 1 Local Constitutional Officers, Courthouses and Supplies

This article is comprised of the following sections:
  • §15.2-1600 Counties and cities required to elect certain officers; qualifications of attorney for the Commonwealth; duties and compensation of officers; vacancies, certain counties and cities excepted; officer’s powers not to be diminished
  • §15.2-1601 Requirements for officers
  • §15.2-1602 Sharing of such officers by two or more units of government
  • §15.2-1603 Appointment of deputies; their powers; how removed
  • §15.2-1604 Appointment of deputies and employment of employees; discriminatory practices by certain officers; civil penalty
  • §15.2-1605 Vacations; sick leave and compensatory time for certain officers and employees
  • §15.2-1605.1 Supplementing compensation of certain county and city officers and their employees
  • §15.2-1605.2 Salary increases for constitutional officers
  • §15.2-1606 Defense of constitutional officers; appointment of counsel
  • §15.2-1607 Providing legal fees and expenses for sheriffs and deputies