Public defender offices are established in:

1. a. The City of Virginia Beach;
2. b. The City of Petersburg;
3. c. The Cities of Buena Vista, Lexington, Staunton, and Waynesboro and the Counties of Augusta and Rockbridge;
4. d. The City of Roanoke;
5. e. The City of Portsmouth;
6. f. The City of Richmond;
7. g. The Counties of Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah, and Warren, and the City of Winchester;
8. h. The City and County of Fairfax;
9. i. The City of Alexandria;
10. j. The City of Radford and the Counties of Bland, Pulaski, and Wythe;
11. k. The Counties of Fauquier, Loudoun, and Rappahannock;
12. l. The City of Suffolk;
13. m. The City of Franklin and the Counties of Isle of Wight and Southampton;
14. n. The County of Bedford;
15. o. The City of Danville;
16. p. The Counties of Halifax, Lunenburg, and Mecklenburg;
17. q. The City of Fredericksburg and the Counties of King George, Stafford, and Spotsylvania;
18. r. The City of Lynchburg;
19. s. The City of Martinsville and the Counties of Henry and Patrick;
20. t. The City of Charlottesville and the County of Albemarle;
21. u. The City of Norfolk;
22. v. The County of Arlington and the City of Falls Church;
23. w. The City of Newport News;
24. x. The City of Chesapeake;
25. y. The City of Hampton;

26. z. The Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park and the County of Prince William;

    aa. The County of Chesterfield; and

    ab. The City of Harrisonburg and the County of Rockingham.

2004, cc. 884, 921; 2004, Sp. Sess. I, c. 4, cl. 2; 2005, c. 951; 2006, Sp. Sess. I, c. 2; 2016, cc. 164, 312; 2020, cc. 348, 376; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 341; 2024, c. 313.