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This law was first created in 1984. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 394 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 1984 \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":false,"permalink":{"id":1380173,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347386,"identifier":"15.2-1521","token":"15.2\/II\/15\/3\/15.2-1521","url":"\/15.2-1521\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1521\/","token":"15.2\/II\/15\/3\/15.2-1521","dublin_core":{"Title":"Providing legal fees and expenses for officer or employee of county, city or town in certain proceedings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1521","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If any officer or employee of any locality<\/span> is investigated, arrested or indicted or otherwise prosecuted on any criminal charge arising out of any act committed in the discharge of his official duties, and no charges are brought, or the charge is subsequently dismissed, or upon trial<\/span> he is found not guilty, the governing body<\/span> of the locality<\/span> may reimburse the officer or employee for reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred by him in defense of the investigation or charge, the reimbursement to be paid from the treasury of the locality<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROVIDING LEGAL FEES AND EXPENSES FOR OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF COUNTY, CITY OR\nTOWN IN CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS (\u00a7 15.2-1521)\n\nIf any officer or employee of any locality is investigated, arrested or indicted\nor otherwise prosecuted on any criminal charge arising out of any act committed\nin the discharge of his official duties, and no charges are brought, or the\ncharge is subsequently dismissed, or upon trial he is found not guilty, the\ngoverning body of the locality may reimburse the officer or employee for\nreasonable legal fees and expenses incurred by him in defense of the\ninvestigation or charge, the reimbursement to be paid from the treasury of the\nlocality.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 394, \u00a7 15.1-19.2:1; 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"}}