SECTION 15.2-1524. Failure to qualify vacates office, ARTICLE 4. Qualifications; Eligibility, Etc., of Local Elected Officers, CHAPTER 15. Local Government Personnel, Qualification for Office, Bonds, Dual Office Holding and Certain Local Government Officers, SUBTITLE II. Powers of Local Government, TITLE 15.2. Counties, Cities and Towns, Code of Virginia

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CHAPTER 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

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.

Code 1950, § 15-477; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-40; 1996, c. 15.2-1523 ; 1997, c. 587.