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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 587<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":152961,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77458,"identifier":"15.2-1424","token":"15.2\/II\/14\/3\/15.2-1424","url":"\/15.2-1424\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1424\/","token":"15.2\/II\/14\/3\/15.2-1424","dublin_core":{"Title":"Vacancies in office","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1424","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Vacancies in the office of board of supervisors<\/span> or of council<\/span> or an elected chairman or mayor, for whatever reason, shall be filled as provided for in Title 24.2. A member of the board or council<\/span> may be elected or appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of chairman or mayor.\n\t\tThe person appointed or elected to fill the vacancy shall possess the same legal qualifications for the office as did the person whose position he is filling.\n\t\tIn the event of a vacancy in the office of chairman or mayor, the duties of the office of chairman or mayor shall be performed by the vice-chairman or vice-mayor until a chairman or mayor is appointed or elected and qualifies.\n\t\tVacancies in the office of vice-chairman or vice-mayor shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the appropriate governing body<\/span> from its membership.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVACANCIES IN OFFICE (\u00a7 15.2-1424)\n\nVacancies in the office of board of supervisors or of council or an elected\nchairman or mayor, for whatever reason, shall be filled as provided for in Title\n24.2. A member of the board or council may be elected or appointed to fill a\nvacancy in the office of chairman or mayor.\n\t\tThe person appointed or elected to fill the vacancy shall possess the same\nlegal qualifications for the office as did the person whose position he is\nfilling.\n\t\tIn the event of a vacancy in the office of chairman or mayor, the duties of\nthe office of chairman or mayor shall be performed by the vice-chairman or\nvice-mayor until a chairman or mayor is appointed or elected and qualifies.\n\t\tVacancies in the office of vice-chairman or vice-mayor shall be filled by\nappointment by the remaining members of the appropriate governing body from its\nmembership.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 587.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}