                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT COMMISSIONERS OF ACCOUNTS; DUTIES AND POWERS (§
64.2-1201)

The judges of each circuit court may appoint, in addition to commissioners of
accounts, assistant commissioners of accounts who shall perform all the duties
and exercise all of the powers required of the commissioner of accounts in all
cases in which the commissioner of accounts is so situated that he cannot
perform the duties of his office or in which the commissioner of accounts is of
the opinion that it is improper for him to act. Assistant commissioners of
accounts may perform such duties and exercise such powers in any case except
cases in which he is so situated that he cannot act or in which he is of the
opinion it is improper for him to act. Assistant commissioners of accounts shall
act only in such cases that the commissioner of accounts delegates to him. An
assistant commissioner of accounts making a settlement of a fiduciary account
under the provisions of this section shall, within 30 days, report the fact and
date of the settlement to the commissioner of accounts, who shall make an entry
of the settlement in his record books. The person appointed as an assistant
commissioner of accounts shall be a discreet and competent attorney-at-law and
shall be removable at the pleasure of the court.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 5402; 1930, p. 86; Code 1950, § 26-10; 1966, c. 326;
1973, c. 544; 2001, c. 108; 2003, c. 194; 2012, c. 614.