2006 Code of Virginia § 15.2-1603 - Appointment of deputies; their powers; how removed

15.2-1603. Appointment of deputies; their powers; how removed.

The treasurer, the sheriff, the commissioner of the revenue, and the clerk ofany circuit court may at the time he qualifies as provided in 15.2-1522 orthereafter appoint one or more deputies, who may discharge any of theofficial duties of their principal during his continuance in office, unlessit is some duty the performance of which by a deputy is expressly forbiddenby law. The sheriff making an appointment of a deputy under the provisions ofthis section may review the record of the deputy as furnished by the FederalBureau of Investigation prior to certification to the appropriate court asprovided hereunder.

The sheriff may appoint as deputies medical and rehabilitation employees asare authorized by the State Compensation Board. Deputies appointed pursuantto this paragraph shall not be considered by the State Compensation Board infixing the number of full-time or part-time deputies which may be appointedby the sheriff pursuant to 15.2-1609.1.

The officer making any such appointment shall certify the appointment to thecourt in the clerk's office of which the oath of the principal of such deputyis filed, and a record thereof shall be entered in the order book of suchcourt. 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 shallbe filed with the clerk of the court in whose office the oath of hisprincipal is filed, and such clerk shall properly label and file all suchoaths in his office for preservation. Any such deputy may be removed fromoffice by his principal. The deputy may also be removed by the court asprovided by 24.2-230.

(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.)