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It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1962, chapter 623; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1378657,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348722,"identifier":"15.2-536","token":"15.2\/I\/5\/3\/15.2-536","url":"\/15.2-536\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-536\/","token":"15.2\/I\/5\/3\/15.2-536","dublin_core":{"Title":"Selection of clerk, attorney and sheriff","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-536","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> clerk, the attorney for the Commonwealth and the sheriff shall be selected in the manner and for the terms, and vacancies in such offices shall be filled, as provided by general <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSELECTION OF CLERK, ATTORNEY AND SHERIFF (\u00a7 15.2-536)\n\nThe county clerk, the attorney for the Commonwealth and the sheriff shall be\nselected in the manner and for the terms, and vacancies in such offices shall be\nfilled, as provided by general law.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-297; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-614; 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"}}