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This section shall apply to every office elected by the qualified voters of the Commonwealth or any political subdivision or part thereof.\n\t\tThe qualification for and taking of the oath for a second elected office by any person shall operate to vacate any other elected office held by him.\n\t\tThis section shall not be construed to repeal or affect provisions of law authorizing the sharing of elected offices by two or more jurisdictions. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 621 and 781 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. Unfortunately, the 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0844\">844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":175765,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74638,"identifier":"2.2-2807","token":"2.2\/I\/E\/28\/2.2-2807","url":"\/2.2-2807\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-2807\/","token":"2.2\/I\/E\/28\/2.2-2807","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prohibition against holding two elected offices simultaneously; exceptions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-2807","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No person shall hold more than one elected office at the same time. This section shall apply to every office elected by the qualified voters of the Commonwealth or any political subdivision or part thereof.\n\t\tThe qualification for and taking of the <span class=\"dictionary\">oath<\/span> for a second elected office by any person shall operate to vacate any other elected office held by him.\n\t\tThis section shall not be construed to repeal or affect provisions of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> authorizing the sharing of elected offices by two or more <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdictions<\/span>. Any person serving in more than one elected office on July 1, 1993, shall be entitled to complete the terms for which he was elected.\n\t\tA person may serve as a Presidential elector while holding any other elective office of the Commonwealth or any political subdivision or part thereof, and this section shall not be construed to prohibit such dual officeholding.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROHIBITION AGAINST HOLDING TWO ELECTED OFFICES SIMULTANEOUSLY; EXCEPTIONS (\u00a7\n2.2-2807)\n\nNo person shall hold more than one elected office at the same time. This section\nshall apply to every office elected by the qualified voters of the Commonwealth\nor any political subdivision or part thereof.\n\t\tThe qualification for and taking of the oath for a second elected office by\nany person shall operate to vacate any other elected office held by him.\n\t\tThis section shall not be construed to repeal or affect provisions of law\nauthorizing the sharing of elected offices by two or more jurisdictions. Any\nperson serving in more than one elected office on July 1, 1993, shall be\nentitled to complete the terms for which he was elected.\n\t\tA person may serve as a Presidential elector while holding any other elective\noffice of the Commonwealth or any political subdivision or part thereof, and\nthis section shall not be construed to prohibit such dual officeholding.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, cc. 621, 781, \u00a7 2.1-37.01; 2001, c. 844.","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}}