                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROVIDING LEGAL FEES AND EXPENSES FOR OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF COUNTY, CITY OR
TOWN IN CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS (§ 15.2-1521)

If any officer or employee of any locality is investigated, arrested or indicted
or otherwise prosecuted on any criminal charge arising out of any act committed
in the discharge of his official duties, and no charges are brought, or the
charge is subsequently dismissed, or upon trial he is found not guilty, the
governing body of the locality may reimburse the officer or employee for
reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred by him in defense of the
investigation or charge, the reimbursement to be paid from the treasury of the
locality.

HISTORY: 1984, c. 394, § 15.1-19.2:1; 1997, c. 587.