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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 821<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1462133,"object_type":"law","relational_id":367006,"identifier":"51.1-124.28","token":"51.1\/1\/2.1\/51.1-124.28","url":"\/51.1-124.28\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-124.28\/","token":"51.1\/1\/2.1\/51.1-124.28","dublin_core":{"Title":"Legal representation in criminal matters","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-124.28","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon the acquittal<\/span>, dismissal<\/span> of charges, nolle prosequi<\/span>, or any other final disposition<\/span> concluding the innocence of any trustee, advisory committee member<\/span>, officer, or employee<\/span> of the Retirement System<\/span> brought before any regulatory body, summoned before any grand jury<\/span>, investigated by any law<\/span>-enforcement agency, arrested, indicted, or otherwise prosecuted on any criminal charge arising out of any act committed in the discharge of his official duties which alleges a violation of state or federal securities laws<\/span>, the Board<\/span> may reimburse all or part of the cost of employing legal counsel<\/span> and such other costs as are demonstrated to have been reasonably necessary for his defense. The Board<\/span> shall provide for the payment of such legal fees and expenses out of funds appropriated for the administration of the Retirement System<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLEGAL REPRESENTATION IN CRIMINAL MATTERS (\u00a7 51.1-124.28)\n\nUpon the acquittal, dismissal of charges, nolle prosequi, or any other final\ndisposition concluding the innocence of any trustee, advisory committee member,\nofficer, or employee of the Retirement System brought before any regulatory\nbody, summoned before any grand jury, investigated by any law-enforcement\nagency, arrested, indicted, or otherwise prosecuted on any criminal charge\narising out of any act committed in the discharge of his official duties which\nalleges a violation of state or federal securities laws, the Board may reimburse\nall or part of the cost of employing legal counsel and such other costs as are\ndemonstrated to have been reasonably necessary for his defense. The Board shall\nprovide for the payment of such legal fees and expenses out of funds\nappropriated for the administration of the Retirement System.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 821.","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"}}