15.2-513 - Term, removal and disability of officers and employees. - Virginia Statutes

§ 15.2-513. Term, removal and disability of officers and employees.

All appointments of officers and employees shall be without definite term,unless for temporary service not to exceed sixty days.

Any officer or employee of the county appointed pursuant to § 15.2-512 may besuspended or removed from office or employment either by the board of countysupervisors or the officer by whom he was appointed or employed. In case ofthe absence or disability of any officer, except the county clerk, theattorney for the Commonwealth, and the sheriff, which offices shall be filledas provided by general law, the board of county supervisors or otherappointing power may designate some responsible person to perform the dutiesof the office.

(Code 1950, § 15-282; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-599; 1997, c. 587.)