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The office of any person who is so determined to be incapacitated, shall become vacant and the vacancy filled in the manner provided by law. Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 20 (\u00a7 64.2-2000 et seq.) of Title 64.2, however, any officer shall have a jury trial unless it is waived by him or for him by his counsel of record.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":240262,"text":"A person who is determined to be incapacitated in a judicial proceeding as provided for in Chapter 20 (\u00a7 64.2-2000 et seq.) of Title 64.2 shall be deemed for purposes of Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia and this title to be “mentally incompetent” as that term is used in those provisions. The office of any person who is so determined to be incapacitated, shall become vacant and the vacancy filled in the manner provided by law. 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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 3 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 1997, chapter 921<\/a>; in 1998, chapter 582<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63359,"section_number":"24.2-230","catch_line":"Applicability of article; certain exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-230\/"},{"id":64623,"section_number":"24.2-236","catch_line":"Suspension from office pending hearing and appeal","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-236\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":65465,"section_number":"64.2-2000","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/64.2-2000\/"}],"permalink":{"id":187601,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66137,"identifier":"24.2-232","token":"24.2\/2\/7\/24.2-232","url":"\/24.2-232\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-232\/","token":"24.2\/2\/7\/24.2-232","dublin_core":{"Title":"Vacancy occurring when officer determined “mentally incompetent” (incapacitated)","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-232","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A person who is determined to be incapacitated in a judicial proceeding as provided for in Chapter 20 (\u00a7 64.2-2000<\/a> et seq.) of Title 64.2 shall be deemed for purposes of Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia and this title to be “mentally incompetent” as that term is used in those provisions. The office of any person who is so determined to be incapacitated, shall become vacant and the vacancy filled in the manner provided by law<\/span>. Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 20 (\u00a7 64.2-2000<\/a> et seq.) of Title 64.2, however, any officer shall have a jury trial<\/span> unless it is waived by him or for him by his counsel<\/span> of record.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVACANCY OCCURRING WHEN OFFICER DETERMINED “MENTALLY INCOMPETENT”\n(INCAPACITATED) (\u00a7 24.2-232)\n\nA person who is determined to be incapacitated in a judicial proceeding as\nprovided for in Chapter 20 (\u00a7 64.2-2000 et seq.) of Title 64.2 shall be deemed\nfor purposes of Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia and this\ntitle to be “mentally incompetent” as that term is used in those\nprovisions. The office of any person who is so determined to be incapacitated,\nshall become vacant and the vacancy filled in the manner provided by law.\nNotwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 20 (\u00a7 64.2-2000 et seq.) of Title\n64.2, however, any officer shall have a jury trial unless it is waived by him or\nfor him by his counsel of record.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, cc. 515, 595, \u00a7 24.1-79.4; 1993, c. 641; 1997, c. 921; 1998, c.\n582.","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}}