                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PAYMENT OF LEGAL FEES AND EXPENSES FOR CERTAIN LOCAL DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES (§
63.2-318)

If any employee of a local department is arrested, indicted or otherwise
prosecuted on any criminal charge arising out of an act committed in the
discharge of his official duties, and the charge is subsequently terminated by
entry of an order of dismissal, or nolle prosequi or upon trial he is found not
guilty, the local board by which he is employed may reimburse such employee for
all or part of the legal fees and expenses incurred by the employee in defense
of such charge. The Department may reimburse the local board all or any part of
such expenditures at the same rate in effect for all other administrative costs
at the time of the expenditure to the extent that funds are available.

HISTORY: 1977, c. 82, § 63.1-54.2; 1985, c. 438; 2002, c. 747.