When for any cause it is improper for the sheriff of any county or city to serve any process or notice or to summon a jury, such process may be directed to any deputy of the sheriff, and the process or notice may be served and the jury summoned by any such deputy.
Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1616
When deputy may act in place of sheriff
Code 1950, § 15-509; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-74; 1971, Ex
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