                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY WHEN CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT UNABLE TO PERFORM DUTIES (§
15.2-1635)

Whenever it is found by the judge of a circuit court that a clerk of such court
is, by reason of mental or physical disability, temporarily unable to perform
his duties, the judge of the court may, by order entered of record, designate
some other person as deputy clerk to perform the duties of such clerk. The
person so designated may be the clerk or deputy clerk of another county or city
or any other qualified person, and in the event that he is from another county
or city, the provisions of §§ 15.2-1525 and 15.2-1534 shall not apply.
		The person so designated shall thereby become a deputy of the regular clerk
and shall be vested with all the authority of a regular clerk and may perform
all acts which are required by law to be performed by such clerk with the same
effect as if performed by the clerk for whom he serves as deputy, and shall
before entering upon his duties take the oath prescribed in § 49-1, and furnish
bond in the same amount as is required of the clerk.
		The person so designated shall serve at the pleasure of the court during the
disability of the clerk and within the limits of the unexpired term of the
clerk.
		No compensation out of the state or local treasury shall be paid such person
designated under this section for his services while acting in such capacity but
any expense incurred shall be paid by the county or city in which such service
is performed upon the order of the judge of such court.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-485.1; 1952, c. 187; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-49; 1993,
cc. 621, 781; 1997, c. 587.