                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LIMITATIONS ON ISSUANCE OF WARRANTS (§ 15.2-1244)

No county governing body shall order any warrant issued for any purpose other
than the payment of a claim received, audited and approved as required by §
15.2-1243. No clerk, deputy clerk, chairman or acting chairman of any county
governing body shall sign or countersign any warrant not ordered issued by the
governing body pursuant to § 15.2-1243. No county governing body shall expend
in any year for any purpose an amount greater than the amount available for such
purpose during the year or order issued against any fund at any time any warrant
in excess of the amount available in such fund and in the treasurer&#8217;s
possession at the time such warrant is issued, taking into account all
previously issued and outstanding warrants payable from such fund. No interest
shall be paid on any county warrant. Any clerk, deputy clerk or member of any
county governing body who violates any of the provisions of this section shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and in addition shall be guilty of malfeasance in
office.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-256; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-549; 1997, c. 587.