15.2-1635 - Appointment of deputy when clerk of circuit court unable to perform duties.
§ 15.2-1635. Appointment of deputy when clerk of circuit court unable toperform duties.
Whenever it is found by the judge of a circuit court that a clerk of suchcourt is, by reason of mental or physical disability, temporarily unable toperform his duties, the judge of the court may, by order entered of record,designate some other person as deputy clerk to perform the duties of suchclerk. The person so designated may be the clerk or deputy clerk of anothercounty or city or any other qualified person, and in the event that he isfrom another county or city, the provisions of §§ 15.2-1525 and 15.2-1534shall not apply.
The person so designated shall thereby become a deputy of the regular clerkand shall be vested with all the authority of a regular clerk and may performall acts which are required by law to be performed by such clerk with thesame effect as if performed by the clerk for whom he serves as deputy, andshall before entering upon his duties take the oath prescribed in § 49-1, andfurnish bond in the same amount as is required of the clerk.
The person so designated shall serve at the pleasure of the court during thedisability of the clerk and within the limits of the unexpired term of theclerk.
No compensation out of the state or local treasury shall be paid such persondesignated under this section for his services while acting in such capacitybut any expense incurred shall be paid by the county or city in which suchservice is performed upon the order of the judge of such court.
(Code 1950, § 15-485.1; 1952, c. 187; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-49; 1993, cc. 621,781; 1997, c. 587.)