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This law was first created in 1975. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 515 and 595 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 1975 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1993, chapter 641; in 1998, chapter 582<\/a>; in 2004, chapters 27<\/a> and 391<\/a>; in 2022, chapter 140<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":58363,"section_number":"15.2-1503","catch_line":"Tenure of officers and employees; suspension or removal","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1503\/"},{"id":81208,"section_number":"15.2-1547","catch_line":"Creation of local finance boards to manage the assets of postemployment benefits trust or equivalent arrangement; composition of such boards; alternatives to such boards; liability; and removal from office","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1547\/"},{"id":58488,"section_number":"15.2-1603","catch_line":"Appointment of deputies; their powers; how removed","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1603\/"},{"id":58346,"section_number":"16.1-69.22","catch_line":"Removal of judges and substitute judges","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-69.22\/"},{"id":78553,"section_number":"51.1-1201","catch_line":"Volunteer Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Service Award Fund Board","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-1201\/"},{"id":79996,"section_number":"51.1-124.20","catch_line":"Board of Trustees; membership; terms; quorum; compensation and expenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/51.1-124.20\/"},{"id":69589,"section_number":"58.1-3164","catch_line":"Institution of proceedings","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3164\/"},{"id":59166,"section_number":"58.1-3166","catch_line":"Substitute officer continues in office upon removal of predecessor","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3166\/"},{"id":73556,"section_number":"58.1-3168","catch_line":"When treasurers to pay state revenue into state treasury","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3168\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":60985,"section_number":"24.2-109","catch_line":"Appointment and removal of general registrar and officers of election; powers and duties in general","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-109\/"},{"id":83687,"section_number":"24.2-112","catch_line":"Deputy registrars; employees","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-112\/"},{"id":64861,"section_number":"24.2-231","catch_line":"Forfeiture of office by person sentenced for commission of certain crimes","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-231\/"},{"id":66137,"section_number":"24.2-232","catch_line":"Vacancy occurring when officer determined \"mentally incompetent\" (incapacitated)","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-232\/"}],"permalink":{"id":187593,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63359,"identifier":"24.2-230","token":"24.2\/2\/7\/24.2-230","url":"\/24.2-230\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-230\/","token":"24.2\/2\/7\/24.2-230","dublin_core":{"Title":"Applicability of article; certain exceptions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-230","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

This article shall apply to all elected or appointed Commonwealth, constitutional, and local officers, except officers for whose removal the Constitution of Virginia specifically provides.\n\t\tHowever, an appointed officer shall be removed from office only by the person or authority who appointed him unless he is sentenced for a crime<\/span> as provided for in \u00a7 24.2-231<\/a> or is determined to be “mentally incompetent” as provided for in \u00a7 24.2-232<\/a>. This exception shall not apply to an officer who is (i) appointed to fill a vacancy in an elective office or (ii) appointed to an office for a term established by law<\/span> and the appointing person or authority is not given the unqualified power of removal.\n\t\tThis article shall be applicable to members of local electoral boards<\/span> and general registrars<\/span>, but shall not be applicable to deputy registrars who may be removed from office by the general registrar<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 24.2-112<\/a> or to officers of election<\/span> who may be removed from office by the local electoral board<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 24.2-109<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE; CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS (\u00a7 24.2-230)\n\nThis article shall apply to all elected or appointed Commonwealth,\nconstitutional, and local officers, except officers for whose removal the\nConstitution of Virginia specifically provides.\n\t\tHowever, an appointed officer shall be removed from office only by the person\nor authority who appointed him unless he is sentenced for a crime as provided\nfor in \u00a7 24.2-231 or is determined to be “mentally incompetent” as\nprovided for in \u00a7 24.2-232. This exception shall not apply to an officer who is\n(i) appointed to fill a vacancy in an elective office or (ii) appointed to an\noffice for a term established by law and the appointing person or authority is\nnot given the unqualified power of removal.\n\t\tThis article shall be applicable to members of local electoral boards and\ngeneral registrars, but shall not be applicable to deputy registrars who may be\nremoved from office by the general registrar pursuant to \u00a7 24.2-112 or to\nofficers of election who may be removed from office by the local electoral board\npursuant to \u00a7 24.2-109.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, cc. 515, 595, \u00a7\u00a7 24.1-79.1, 24.1-79.2; 1993, c. 641; 1998, c.\n582; 2004, cc. 27, 391; 2022, c. 140.","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}}