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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 312 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 1964 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1973, chapter 287; in 1977, chapter 584; in 1982, chapter 30; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":349047,"section_number":"15.2-634","catch_line":"Department of public utilities","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-634\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1378825,"object_type":"law","relational_id":349045,"identifier":"15.2-633","token":"15.2\/I\/6\/3\/15.2-633","url":"\/15.2-633\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-633\/","token":"15.2\/I\/6\/3\/15.2-633","dublin_core":{"Title":"Office of the county attorney","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-633","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The board may create the office of <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> attorney. The <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> attorney shall be appointed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> manager, and serve at a salary fixed by the board. He shall be accountable to the <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> manager.<\/p><p>No person shall be appointed a <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> attorney under the provisions of this section unless at the time of his appointment he has been admitted to practice before the Supreme <span class=\"dictionary\">Court<\/span> of Virginia.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOFFICE OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY (\u00a7 15.2-633)\n\nThe board may create the office of county attorney. The county attorney shall be\nappointed by the county manager, and serve at a salary fixed by the board. He\nshall be accountable to the county manager.\n\nNo person shall be appointed a county attorney under the provisions of this\nsection unless at the time of his appointment he has been admitted to practice\nbefore the Supreme Court of Virginia.\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 312, \u00a7 15.1-9.1; 1973, c. 287; 1977, c. 584; 1982, c. 30;\n1997, 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"}}