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The attorney for the Commonwealth, city attorney, or county attorney, as appropriate, shall provide whatever legal services are required for any such officers or employees sued as a result of their conduct in the discharge of their official duties.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1296143,"text":"Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 15.2-1518, the state Department of Social Services is authorized to obtain liability insurance for officers and employees of local departments and boards of welfare or social services. 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This law was first created in 1974. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 658 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":347383,"section_number":"15.2-1518","catch_line":"Liability insurance for officers, employees and volunteers of local government and members of its boards and commissions and constitutional officers","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1518\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1380165,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347384,"identifier":"15.2-1519","token":"15.2\/II\/15\/3\/15.2-1519","url":"\/15.2-1519\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1519\/","token":"15.2\/II\/15\/3\/15.2-1519","dublin_core":{"Title":"Liability insurance for employees of local departments and boards of welfare and social services; legal representation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1519","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 15.2-1518<\/a>, the state Department of Social Services is authorized to obtain liability insurance for officers and employees of local departments and boards of welfare or social services. The attorney for the Commonwealth, city<\/span> attorney, or county<\/span> attorney, as appropriate, shall provide whatever legal services are required for any such officers or employees sued as a result of their conduct in the discharge of their official duties.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIABILITY INSURANCE FOR EMPLOYEES OF LOCAL DEPARTMENTS AND BOARDS OF WELFARE AND\nSOCIAL SERVICES; LEGAL REPRESENTATION (\u00a7 15.2-1519)\n\nNotwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 15.2-1518, the state Department of Social\nServices is authorized to obtain liability insurance for officers and employees\nof local departments and boards of welfare or social services. The attorney for\nthe Commonwealth, city attorney, or county attorney, as appropriate, shall\nprovide whatever legal services are required for any such officers or employees\nsued as a result of their conduct in the discharge of their official duties.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 658, \u00a7 15.1-506.2; 1997, c. 587.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}