CODE OF VIRGINIA

SELECTION OR APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS AND HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS; FILLING
VACANCIES (§ 15.2-635)

The clerk of the circuit court, the attorney for the Commonwealth and the
sheriff shall be selected in the manner and for the terms, and vacancies in such
office shall be filled, as provided by general law.The clerk of the circuit
court shall be clerk of the board of supervisors unless the board designates
some other person for this purpose. The clerk of the board shall exercise the
powers conferred and perform the duties imposed upon such officer by general law
and shall be subject to the obligations and penalties imposed by general law. He
shall also perform such other duties as the board imposes upon him.The directors
or heads of all other departments of the county shall be appointed by the county
manager. The county manager may, with the board’s consent, act as the
director or head of one or more departments of the county, provided he is
otherwise eligible to head such department or departments and, in the case of
those officers whose appointments must be approved, his appointment is likewise
approved.In case of the absence or disability of any officer, other than the
attorney for the Commonwealth, the clerk of the circuit court and the sheriff,
which offices shall be filled as prescribed by general law, the county manager
or other appointing power may designate some responsible person to perform the
duties of the office.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-329; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-652; 1997, c. 587.