                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTIES; THEIR POWERS; HOW REMOVED (§ 15.2-1603)

The treasurer, the sheriff, the commissioner of the revenue, and the clerk of
any circuit court may at the time he qualifies as provided in § 15.2-1522 or
thereafter appoint one or more deputies, who may discharge any of the official
duties of their principal during his continuance in office, unless it is some
duty the performance of which by a deputy is expressly forbidden by law. The
sheriff making an appointment of a deputy under the provisions of this section
may review the record of the deputy as furnished by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation prior to certification to the appropriate court as provided
hereunder.
		The sheriff may appoint as deputies medical and rehabilitation employees as
are authorized by the State Compensation Board. Deputies appointed pursuant to
this paragraph shall not be considered by the State Compensation Board in fixing
the number of full-time or part-time deputies which may be appointed by the
sheriff pursuant to § 15.2-1609.1.
		The officer making any such appointment shall certify the appointment to the
court in the clerk&#8217;s office of which the oath of the principal of such
deputy is filed, and a record thereof shall be entered in the order book of such
court. Any such deputy at the time his principal qualifies as provided in §
15.2-1522 or thereafter, and before entering upon the duties of his office,
shall take and prescribe the oath now provided for in § 49-1. The oath shall be
filed with the clerk of the court in whose office the oath of his principal is
filed, and such clerk shall properly label and file all such oaths in his office
for preservation. Any such deputy may be removed from office by his principal.
The deputy may also be removed by the court as provided by § 24.2-230.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-485; 1952, c. 112; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-48; 1971, Ex.
Sess., c. 155; 1972, c. 549; 1976, c. 199; 1979, c. 660; 1997, c. 587.