Other Officers of Local Governments

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This is Article 7 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Other Officers of Local Governments.” It is part of Chapter 15 “Local Government Personnel, Qualification for Office, Bonds, Dual Office Holding and Certain Local Government Officers”, which is part of Subtitle II “Powers of Local Government”, which is part of Title 15.2 “Counties, Cities and Towns”. It contains 10 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 10 sections.

§ 15.2-1536	Required and discretionary officers
§ 15.2-1537	Financial officer
§ 15.2-1537.1	Disposition of state funds locally collected
§ 15.2-1538	Clerk for the governing body
§ 15.2-1539	General duties of clerk
§ 15.2-1540	Chief administrative officer
§ 15.2-1541	Administrative head of government
§ 15.2-1541.1	Authority of county administrator to maintain centralized system of accounting
§ 15.2-1542	Creation of office of county, city or town attorney authorized; appointment, salary and duties
§ 15.2-1543	Employment of purchasing agent; duties