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VA Code § 58.1-3140 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3140. Remedy for failure to pay such warrants

If any such treasurer (i) fails to pay, upon presentation, any legal warrant listed in § 58.1-3131, for which he has at the time funds appropriated by the governing body of his jurisdiction out of which such warrant ought to be paid, or (ii) fails to set apart necessary funds, when such funds are appropriated and come into his hands, for the payment of such warrant or (iii) fails to pay over the amount due upon such warrant as soon thereafter as the same may be again presented, the holder thereof may, on motion in his own name, in the circuit court of the treasurer's county or city, recover from him and his sureties the amount of such warrant, together with damages at the rate of ten percent per month on the amount from the time such treasurer should have paid the warrant and the costs of such motion, including reasonable attorney's fees.Code 1950, § 58-928; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 51; 1984, c. 675.
VA Code § 58.1-3141 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3141. Treasurer or other person shall not use public money except as provided by law

No treasurer or any other person handling public money shall knowingly apply, disburse or use any part of the public money held by him in any manner or for any purpose other than the manner and purposes provided by law. Any violation of this section, when amount so applied, disbursed or used exceeds fifty dollars, shall constitute embezzlement.Code 1950, § 58-929; 1984, c. 675.
VA Code § 58.1-3142 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3142. Interest on a fund belongs to the fund; exception

Whenever the treasurer receives interest on funds belonging to the Commonwealth or to any political subdivision thereof, such interest shall become a part of the principal of the particular fund on which such interest accrued and shall be accounted for by the treasurer in the same manner as he is required by law to account for the principal. However, the governing body of any county or city may direct that the interest received from general obligation bond proceeds invested be credited to the general fund of such county or city. Any treasurer violating this section shall be deemed guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.Code 1950, § 58-930; 1970, c. 582; 1984, c. 675.
VA Code § 58.1-3143 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3143. Reserved

Reserved.
VA Code § 58.1-3144 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3144. Penalties

Any treasurer who knowingly violates any provision of this article relating to the county or city levy, for which a specific penalty is not otherwise provided, shall be deemed guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be removed from office. In addition, he and the sureties on his official bond shall be liable to the party aggrieved thereby for double damages for the injury sustained.Code 1950, § 58-932; 1984, c. 675.
VA Code § 58.1-3145 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3145. How treasurer may secure final discharge from liability

Any treasurer or, if he has died, his personal representative, at any time after the expiration of his term shall produce before the circuit court of the county or city of which he is treasurer the respective certificates of the Comptroller, of the governing body of such county or city and of the school board of such county or city. These certificates shall show the final settlement of his account as treasurer and the proper accounting for and turning over of all the moneys or other property, including the tax tickets for the current year, that had or should have come into his hands as such treasurer during the term and the receipt of his successor in office, provided for in § 58.1-3138. The court shall then enter an order requiring the clerk of the court to publish, once a week, for four successive weeks, in some newspaper to be designated in the order and by posting at the front door of the courthouse of the county or city, a notice that such treasurer will, on the day to be named in the order, move the court to enter an order of final discharge to such treasurer. These provisions shall not apply to treasurers who retain their office at the end of the term.Code 1950, § 58-933; 1984, c. 675.
VA Code § 58.1-3146 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3146. Rule to show cause in such case; notice and hearing thereon

Prior to the final discharge of any treasurer, the clerk shall issue a rule, as directed by the appropriate circuit court, against the Comptroller, the governing body and the school board of the county or city, to show cause, if any they can, why the treasurer should not be discharged. When the notice has been published and posted as aforesaid and the rule executed, then the court, on the day named in the notice, shall, if no cause be shown to the contrary, enter an order, finally discharging such treasurer. If an objection is made, the court shall hear such matter with or without formal pleadings, on oral testimony, or the court may refer any question that may arise in the proceedings to a commissioner in chancery to make a report thereon and may enter, upon final hearing, such order as it may deem proper. A copy of the order herein required, served upon the Comptroller, the chairman of the governing body, and the mayor of the city or superintendent of schools, respectively, shall be a sufficient service of the rule. The attorney for the locality may prepare and file any pleadings necessary pursuant to this section. If the locality has no attorney, or if the attorney declines or is unable to perform these tasks, the circuit court shall assign legal counsel for these purposes in accordance with § 15.2-1606, provided, however, that the Compensation Board shall not be obligated to reimburse the locality for fees incurred for this purpose.Code 1950, § 58-934; 1984, c. 675; 2017, c. 677.
VA Code § 58.1-3147 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3147. (Effective until January 1, 2022) Appeal

An appeal may be allowed to the Supreme Court from any order entered either discharging or declining to discharge any treasurer.Code 1950, § 58-935; 1984, c. 675.
VA Code § 58.1-3147 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3147. (Effective January 1, 2022) Appeal

An appeal may be allowed to the Supreme Court from any order entered either discharging or declining to discharge any treasurer.Code 1950, § 58-935; 1984, c. 675.
VA Code § 58.1-3148 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3148. City charters not affected by particular provisions

Nothing contained in this chapter in conflict with any special provision of the charter of any city, dealing specifically with the subject, shall be construed to supercede or repeal such provision.Code 1950, §§ 58-936, 58-937; 1984, c. 675.
VA Code § 58.1-3149 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3149. Money received to be deposited

All money received by a treasurer for the account of either the Commonwealth or the treasurer's county or city shall be deposited intact by the treasurer as promptly as practical after its receipt in a bank or savings institution authorized to act as depository therefor. All deposits made pursuant to this provision shall be made in the name of the treasurer's county or city. The treasurer may designate any bank or savings and loan association authorized to act as a depository to receive any payments due to the county or city directly, either through a processing facility or through a branch office.Code 1950, § 58-939; 1975, c. 20; 1984, c. 675; 1992, c. 683; 1996, c. 77.
VA Code § 58.1-3150 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3150. Duties of depository officers

No treasurer or executive officer of any depository shall permit any public deposit to remain in any depository which is not a "qualified public depository" as defined in § 2.2-4401 and which is not secured pursuant to the Virginia Security for Public Deposits Act (§ 2.2-4400 et seq.).Code 1950, § 58-948; 1984, c. 675; 1996, cc. 364, 390.
VA Code § 58.1-3151 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3151. County finance board

Each county of the Commonwealth may establish a county finance board, which shall consist of the chairman of the governing body of the county, the treasurer of the county and a citizen of the county of proven integrity and business ability. The citizen member shall be appointed by the circuit court of the county. However, in any county adjoining any county having a population of more than 500 per square mile the county finance board shall consist of the chairman of the governing body, the treasurer, the attorney for the Commonwealth and a citizen of the county of proven integrity and business ability. The citizen member thereof shall be appointed by the circuit court of the county or by the judge thereof in vacation. The term of the citizen member shall be four years, but the circuit court of the county may remove for cause any such member and appoint some other qualified citizen of the county in his stead for the unexpired portion of his term.The governing body of any county which has a county finance board established under the provisions of this section may by ordinance duly adopted abolish the finance board, whereupon all authority, powers, and duties of the finance board shall vest in the governing body.Code 1950, § 58-940; 1954, c. 587; 1984, c. 675.
VA Code § 58.1-3152 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3152. Organization and procedure of board

The chairman of the governing body of the county shall be the chairman of the county finance board and the clerk of the governing body shall be ex officio clerk thereof. The board shall meet at such times and at such places as the chairman or a majority of the members of the board may decide. The clerk shall record the activities and proceedings of such board in a suitable record book which shall be provided for such purpose by the governing body.Code 1950, § 58-941; 1984, c. 675.
VA Code § 58.1-3153 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3153. Compensation for the citizen member of the county finance board

The citizen member of the county finance board may in the discretion of the governing body of the county receive for each day's attendance as a member of the board a sum not less than twenty dollars and such reimbursement for his daily mileage as prescribed in § 2.2-2823. The allowance made under this section shall be paid by the governing body out of county funds, on a certificate of attendance from the chairman of the county finance board, verified by the written statement of the citizen member as to mileage traveled in going to and returning from the meeting. The total compensation paid under this section shall not exceed $360, in addition to the mileage allowance, in any one year.Code 1950, § 58-942; 1952, c. 630; 1974, c. 6; 1976, c. 308; 1984, c. 675.
VA Code § 58.1-3154 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3154. Selection and approval of depositories

The depository or depositories for the money received by a county treasurer shall be selected pursuant to the provisions of the Virginia Security for Public Deposits Act (§ 2.2-4400 et seq.).Code 1950, § 58-943; 1984, c. 675.
VA Code § 58.1-3155 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3155. Deposit of local funds in banking institutions outside of the Commonwealth to meet obligations payable outside of the Commonwealth

Notwithstanding other provisions of this article the treasurer of any county, city or town may if the State Commission on Local Debt gives prior approval, deposit local funds in banking institutions outside of the Commonwealth. Such institutions, which shall be designated by the Commission, shall give such security as the Commission deems proper and shall meet such other conditions as the Commission prescribes. All such deposits shall be limited to the sums reasonably necessary to pay principal or interest on obligations of the county, city or town which are payable at some place outside the Commonwealth and where any such banking institution is located.Code 1950, § 58-943.1; 1950, p. 410; 1984, c. 675.
VA Code § 58.1-3156 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3156. County finance boards may direct treasurer to invest under certain circumstances

Notwithstanding other provisions of this article, whenever the county finance board determines that county or district funds would otherwise draw no interest or draw a lesser rate of interest, the finance board may direct the county treasurer to invest such funds in accordance with guidelines issued by the State Treasurer.Code 1950, § 58-943.2; 1954, c. 498; 1974, c. 224; 1984, c. 675; 1988, c. 834.
VA Code § 58.1-3158 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3158. Duties of treasurers

No treasurer shall permit any public deposit to be deposited with any depository unless it is a "qualified public depository" as defined in § 2.2-4401. All such deposits shall be secured pursuant to the Virginia Security for Public Deposits Act (§ 2.2-4400 et seq.).Code 1950, § 58-944; 1956, c. 84; 1958, c. 442; 1966, c. 498; 1984, c. 675; 1996, cc. 364, 390.
VA Code § 58.1-3159 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3159. Reserved

Reserved.
VA Code § 58.1-3160 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3160. Monthly report of treasurer to board

At the end of each month each county treasurer shall report to the county finance board the amount of money on deposit with each depository.Code 1950, § 58-949; 1984, c. 675.
VA Code § 58.1-3161 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3161. Interest on deposits

Each depository of each county shall, in the discretion of the county finance board, pay interest on money deposited under the provisions of this article. The rate of such interest shall be agreed upon by the treasurer and the depository subject to the approval of the county finance board if it so desires.Code 1950, § 58-950; 1984, c. 675.
VA Code § 58.1-3162 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3162. Disbursement of money deposited

A. Money deposited under the provisions of this article shall be disbursed only upon checks signed by the county treasurer and drawn in payment of lawfully issued and properly drawn orders or warrants and lawfully issued and properly drawn and matured bonds, notes or other obligations of the county, for the payment of which funds are available.B. This section shall not be construed as preventing any county treasurer or his duly authorized deputy from (i) transferring, by check or wire transfer, money from one approved depository to another, (ii) from settling with the Commonwealth, without an order from the governing body of his county, for state revenues or other items collected and remittable by him to the State Treasurer, or (iii) from paying to the State Treasurer without an order from the board of supervisors or other governing body of his county, any amount or amounts pursuant to provisions of law.C. Any governing body may require that checks issued pursuant to the provisions of this section be countersigned and may appoint such person or persons as it may desire for the purpose.D. This section shall not be construed as imposing upon any depository any obligation to determine whether any check issued pursuant to the provisions of this section was issued for any purpose or purposes other than those specified herein or as imposing any liability upon any such depository for paying any check so issued.E. The treasurer may, with the approval of the governing body, by resolution entered of record on the minute book of the board, authorize one or more of his deputies to sign any such checks whenever the necessity therefor shall arise by reason of the sickness or unavoidable absence of the treasurer or his inability to sign such checks for any other reason.Code 1950, § 58-951; 1960, c. 526; 1978, c. 25; 1984, c. 675.
VA Code § 58.1-3163 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3163. No liability for loss of funds deposited in accordance with article

No treasurer shall be held liable for any loss of public money, deposited as provided by this article, due to the default, failure or insolvency of a depository.Code 1950, § 58-952; 1984, c. 675.
VA Code § 58.1-3164 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3164. Institution of proceedings

Whenever the Governor has reason to believe that the treasurer of any county or city of the Commonwealth or any other officer charged with the collection of the public revenues has failed to execute and perform the duties required of such officer by the laws of the Commonwealth with reference to the collection and disposition of, and accounting for, the revenue, he may institute an ouster proceeding against such officer under §§ 24.2-230 to 24.2-238. In such proceeding the Commonwealth shall be represented by the Attorney General or by special counsel selected by the Governor should the Governor so direct.Code 1950, § 58-953; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 1; 1984, c. 675.
VA Code § 58.1-3165 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3165. Suspension of officer proceeded against, appointment of substitute

Upon the institution of the proceeding authorized in § 58.1-3168 the Governor may suspend such officer from collecting the revenues of the Commonwealth and of the county or city and from performing any of the other duties of his office. The Governor may also appoint a person to act in the place of such suspended officer in the performance of the duties of the office. Such appointee, after having qualified and given bond according to law, shall discharge all the duties of the office to which he is appointed during the time of the suspension of his predecessor, shall be entitled to the compensation provided for such officer and shall be amenable to all the rules, regulations, requirements and responsibilities declared by the laws of this Commonwealth pertaining to the collection and disposition of, and accounting for, the public revenue.The suspension of the officer shall continue, unless sooner removed by the Governor, until the ouster proceedings so instituted have been finally determined.Code 1950, § 58-954; 1984, c. 675.
VA Code § 58.1-3166 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3166. Substitute officer continues in office upon removal of predecessor

The substitute officer, appointed pursuant to § 58.1-3169, shall, upon the ouster of his predecessor, unless sooner removed by the Governor or under the provisions of §§ 24.2-230 to 24.2-238, continue to serve in such capacity during the remainder of the term of his predecessor and until his successor be elected or appointed and qualified.Code 1950, § 58-956; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 1; 1984, c. 675.
VA Code § 58.1-3167 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3167. Reserved

Reserved.
VA Code § 58.1-3168 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3168. When treasurers to pay state revenue into state treasury

Each treasurer, pursuant to § 2.2-806, shall deposit promptly upon receipt all state moneys collected or received from all sources directly into the account of the state treasury without any deduction and make up a statement of all state revenue collected by him since such treasurer filed with the Comptroller his last preceding report. The Comptroller may call upon any treasurer, at any time he thinks proper, to pay into the state treasury any and all money in his hands belonging to the Commonwealth and such treasurer shall, within five days from the receipt of such call, make the payment. Should any treasurer wilfully fail to make any statement or payment required by this section, within the time prescribed, such failure shall be deemed a sufficient cause for his removal from office under the provisions of §§ 24.2-230 to 24.2-238.Code 1950, § 58-973; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 1; 1982, c. 292; 1984, c. 675.
VA Code § 58.1-3169 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3169. Interest chargeable against treasurer for failure to pay over revenue

Every treasurer who wilfully fails to pay the revenue into the treasury at the time prescribed by law shall be charged with interest thereon at the rate of fifteen percent per annum from the time such revenue was so payable.Code 1950, § 58-974; 1984, c. 675.
VA Code § 58.1-3170 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3170. Reserved

Reserved.
VA Code § 58.1-3171 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3171. Attorney General to proceed against delinquent treasurers and their sureties; recordation of notice

The Attorney General shall proceed against all treasurers who are in default and against their sureties for the recovery of the amounts due from such treasurers, respectively, upon receiving from the Comptroller information of such default. The proceedings may be by motion in the appropriate circuit court. Copies of such motion, certified by the clerk of the court, shall be forthwith sent by the Attorney General to any of the clerks of the circuit courts of the counties and cities wherein it is ascertained that such treasurer or his sureties have any estate. The clerk to whom any such copy is so sent shall record it in the same manner required by law for recordation of a deed and index the copy in the name of the Commonwealth.Code 1950, § 58-976; 1984, c. 675.
VA Code § 58.1-3172 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 58.1 - Taxation|Chapter 31 - Local Officers|§ 58.1-3172. Lien of judgment and execution in such proceeding

A judgment obtained pursuant to § 58.1-3171, against the treasurer or against the treasurer and his sureties, jointly or severally, shall be a lien on all real estate owned by such treasurer or surety in any county or city of the Commonwealth. Such lien shall arise at the time the motion provided for in § 58.1-3171 is recorded and indexed in such county or city. An execution on such judgment shall bind all the personal estate of such treasurer and sureties, jointly and severally, respectively, at the time such motion is recorded and indexed before the return day of such execution. However such execution shall not be binding as against (i) an assignee for valuable consideration of any of such personal estate which is not capable of being levied on under an execution or (ii) a person making a payment to such treasurer. The lien of the execution by virtue of this section shall not affect such assignee or person making payment unless he had notice of the execution or of the pendency of the proceeding at the time of the assignment or payment, as the case may be.Code 1950, § 58-977; 1984, c. 675.