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Title 15.2 - COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNSSubtitle II - POWERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTChapter 15 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL, QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICE, BONDS, DUAL OFFICE HOLDING AND CERTAIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICERS
Article 4 - QUALIFICATIONS; ELIGIBILITY, ETC., OF LOCAL ELECTED OFFICERS
Section 15.2-1524 - Failure to qualify vacates office

Va. Code § 15.2-1524

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Section 15.2-1524 - Failure to qualify vacates office

If any such officer fails to qualify and give bond, as required by § 15.2-1523, on or before the day on which his term begins, his office shall be deemed vacant. However, members of local governing bodies and elected school boards may qualify up to and including the day of the initial meeting of the new governing body or elected school board.

Va. Code § 15.2-1524

Code 1950, § 15-477; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-40; 1996, c. 167; 1997, c. 587.
Amended by Acts 1997, c. 587.
Amended by Acts 1996, c. 167.
Amended by Acts 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-40.