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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>367583</law_id><section_number>53.1-144</section_number><catch_line>Term of officers</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="117" identifier="53.1">Prisons and Other Methods of Correction</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="4">Probation and Parole</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">State Probation and Parole Services</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Each <span class="dictionary">probation</span> and <span class="dictionary">parole</span> officer shall be authorized initially for a term of one year. Subsequent authorizations shall be for indefinite periods.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 53-245; 1966, c. 638; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1978, c. 595; 1979, c. 700; 1982, c. 636; 2003, c. 944.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
