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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>347377</law_id><section_number>15.2-1513</section_number><catch_line>Joint local government employees permitted</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-1514</reference><reference>15.2-1515</reference><reference>15.2-1516</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="46" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="6" identifier="15">Local Government Personnel, Qualification for Office, Bonds, Dual Office Holding and Certain Local Government Officers</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="2" identifier="2">Joint Officers and Other Employees</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Localities may jointly employ or share the services of any person. Persons so employed may include officers as well as other employees.</p></section></text><history>1991, c. 234, &#xA7; 15.1-20.3; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
