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Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1617 Deputies of deceased sheriffs
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If any sheriff dies during his term of office, his chief deputy shall have the same right to remove any deputy from office and to appoint another, that the sheriff himself, if alive, would have had; or any such deputy may be removed by order of the circuit court for the county or…
Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1618 Compensating certain law-enforcement officers disabled in performance of duty
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All counties and cities shall provide for the relief of any sheriff or deputy sheriff who is disabled, totally or partially, by injury or illness as the direct or proximate result of the performance of his duty, including the presumption under § 51.1-813. Such total disability re…
Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1619 When officers not to take obligations
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No officer shall, by color of his office, take any obligation of or for any person in his custody, otherwise than is directed by law.
Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1620 Process, etc., sent to officer by mail
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Any sheriff or other officer may transmit by mail to the proper officer, with his return thereon, any order, warrant or process which came to his hands from beyond his locality and proof that any order, warrant or process was put into the post office, duly addressed to any office…