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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 2004, chapters 27<\/a> and 391<\/a>; in 2023, chapters 256<\/a> and 257<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"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":69635,"section_number":"24.2-233","catch_line":"Removal of elected and certain appointed officers by courts","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-233\/"}],"permalink":{"id":187609,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76619,"identifier":"24.2-234","token":"24.2\/2\/7\/24.2-234","url":"\/24.2-234\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-234\/","token":"24.2\/2\/7\/24.2-234","dublin_core":{"Title":"Removal of officer appointed for a term certain","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-234","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any officer appointed to an office for a term established by law<\/span> may be removed from office, under the provisions of \u00a7 24.2-233<\/a>, upon a petition<\/span> filed with the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> in whose jurisdiction<\/span> the officer resides signed by the person or a majority of the members of the authority who appointed him, if the appointing person or authority is not given the unqualified power of removal.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREMOVAL OF OFFICER APPOINTED FOR A TERM CERTAIN (\u00a7 24.2-234)\n\nAny officer appointed to an office for a term established by law may be removed\nfrom office, under the provisions of \u00a7 24.2-233, upon a petition filed with the\ncircuit court in whose jurisdiction the officer resides signed by the person or\na majority of the members of the authority who appointed him, if the appointing\nperson or authority is not given the unqualified power of removal.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, cc. 515, 595, \u00a7 24.1-79.6; 1993, c. 641; 2004, cc. 27, 391;\n2023, cc. 256, 257.","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}}