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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":151405,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86966,"identifier":"15.2-304","token":"15.2\/I\/3\/15.2-304","url":"\/15.2-304\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-304\/","token":"15.2\/I\/3\/15.2-304","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect of change on other county officers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-304","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All other officers of such county<\/span> shall continue to hold office until their successors are appointed and have qualified. The term of office of any person who holds an office abolished by the form of government adopted shall terminate as soon as his powers and duties have been transferred to some other officer or employee, or are abolished.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT OF CHANGE ON OTHER COUNTY OFFICERS (\u00a7 15.2-304)\n\nAll other officers of such county shall continue to hold office until their\nsuccessors are appointed and have qualified. The term of office of any person\nwho holds an office abolished by the form of government adopted shall terminate\nas soon as his powers and duties have been transferred to some other officer or\nemployee, or are abolished.\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}}