§ 51.1-807 Police officers’ pension and retirement boards
§ 51.1-808 Powers, authority, and duties of board
§ 51.1-809 Treasurer of board
§ 51.1-810 Time credited to service record
§ 51.1-811 Eligibility for retirement; retirement allowance
§ 51.1-812 Disability from natural causes not originating in performance of official duties
§ 51.1-813 Disability resulting from activities in discharge of official duties
§ 51.1-814 Employing such presumption in determining eligibility for benefits
§ 51.1-815 Counties, cities, and towns authorized to provide relief to surviving spouse and children
§ 51.1-816 Reduction of pension and benefits where income earned during disability retirement
§ 51.1-817 Salary deductions payable to estate or refunded
§ 51.1-818 Funds for payment of pensions and benefits
§ 51.1-819 Adoption of article optional by counties, cities, and towns; appeal
§ 51.1-820 Police officers’ pensions and retirements

Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 51.1 > Chapter 8 > Article 2 - Members of Police Departments

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • City: means an independent incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on July 1, 1971, or which has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more and which has become a city as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-208
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
  • Town: means any existing town or an incorporated community within one or more counties which became a town before noon, July 1, 1971, as provided by law or which has within defined boundaries a population of 1,000 or more and which has become a town as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-254