Virginia § 53.1-17 Defense of Department of Corrections employees

Virginia Statutes

§ 53.1-17 — Defense of Department of Corrections employees

Virginia § 53.1-17

Title 53.1PRISONS AND OTHER METHODS OF CORRECTION

Ch. 1ADMINISTRATION GENERALLY

Art. 3DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND DIRECTOR OF CORRECTIONS

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Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-17 (2026).

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If any employee of the Department shall be brought before any regulatory or administrative body, summoned before any regular or special grand jury, or, arrested, indicted, or prosecuted on any charge arising out of any act committed in the discharge of his official duties, the Director may, with the approval of the Governor, pay in whole or in part, counsel employed by such employee to represent him, provided he is neither convicted nor terminated from his employment. Such compensation shall be paid from funds appropriated to the Department.

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If any employee of the Department shall be brought before any regulatory or administrative body, summoned before any regular or special grand jury, or, arrested, indicted, or prosecuted on any charge arising out of any act committed in the discharge of his official duties, the Director may, with the approval of the Governor, pay in whole or in part, counsel employed by such employee to represent him, provided he is neither convicted nor terminated from his employment. Such compensation shall be paid from funds appropriated to the Department.