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A candidate campaign committee file shall not be closed if the candidate has filed a report with the Board or registrar for any campaign for any office within the prior five years. A political committee file shall not be closed if the committee has filed a report within the prior five years.B\n\nOnce the committee’s file has been closed, no more reports will be due and no additional penalties for failure to file will accrue. However, if the whereabouts of the candidate or his campaign treasurer, or in the case of any political committee, the treasurer or custodian of the books of the committee, later becomes known to the Board or registrar, it may reopen the file and send notice to the candidate, or in the case of any political committee, the treasurer or custodian of the books of the committee, requesting that he file the appropriate reports and pay any penalties that were levied before the file was closed by it.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":226909,"text":"The State Board or the general registrar of any county or city may close the file of any candidate campaign committee or political committee required to file with it provided the committee has not filed a final report and the Board or registrar cannot locate either the candidate or his campaign treasurer, or in the case of any political committee, the Board or registrar cannot locate the treasurer or custodian of the books of the committee. 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This law was first created in 1975. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 515 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 14 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 1984, chapter 480; in 1986, chapter 558; in 1988, chapter 734; in 1990, chapter 976; in 1991, chapter 709; in 1993, chapter 641; in 1994, chapter 752<\/a>; in 1995, chapter 785<\/a>; in 2000, chapters 233<\/a>, 511<\/a>, and 555<\/a>; in 2001, chapters 620<\/a>, 635<\/a>, and 648<\/a>; in 2004, chapters 457<\/a> and 480<\/a>; in 2005, chapters 9<\/a>, 371<\/a>, 676<\/a>, and 745<\/a>; in 2006, chapters 787<\/a> and 892<\/a>; in 2015, chapters 644<\/a> and 645<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":189091,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62218,"identifier":"24.2-946.5","token":"24.2\/9.3\/2\/24.2-946.5","url":"\/24.2-946.5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-946.5\/","token":"24.2\/9.3\/2\/24.2-946.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Dormant committees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-946.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The State Board<\/span> or the general registrar<\/span> of any county or city may close the file of any candidate<\/span> campaign committee or political committee required to file with it provided the committee has not filed a final report and the Board or registrar cannot locate either the candidate<\/span> or his campaign treasurer, or in the case of any political committee, the Board or registrar cannot locate the treasurer or custodian of the books of the committee. A candidate<\/span> campaign committee file shall not be closed if the candidate<\/span> has filed a report with the Board or registrar for any campaign for any office within the prior five years. A political committee file shall not be closed if the committee has filed a report within the prior five years. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Once the committee’s file has been closed, no more reports will be due and no additional penalties for failure to file will accrue. However, if the whereabouts of the candidate<\/span> or his campaign treasurer, or in the case of any political committee, the treasurer or custodian of the books of the committee, later becomes known to the Board or registrar, it may reopen the file and send notice to the candidate<\/span>, or in the case of any political committee, the treasurer or custodian of the books of the committee, requesting that he file the appropriate reports and pay any penalties that were levied before the file was closed by it. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDORMANT COMMITTEES (\u00a7 24.2-946.5)\n\nA. The State Board or the general registrar of any county or city may close the\nfile of any candidate campaign committee or political committee required to file\nwith it provided the committee has not filed a final report and the Board or\nregistrar cannot locate either the candidate or his campaign treasurer, or in\nthe case of any political committee, the Board or registrar cannot locate the\ntreasurer or custodian of the books of the committee. A candidate campaign\ncommittee file shall not be closed if the candidate has filed a report with the\nBoard or registrar for any campaign for any office within the prior five years.\nA political committee file shall not be closed if the committee has filed a\nreport within the prior five years.\n\nB. Once the committee’s file has been closed, no more reports will be due\nand no additional penalties for failure to file will accrue. However, if the\nwhereabouts of the candidate or his campaign treasurer, or in the case of any\npolitical committee, the treasurer or custodian of the books of the committee,\nlater becomes known to the Board or registrar, it may reopen the file and send\nnotice to the candidate, or in the case of any political committee, the\ntreasurer or custodian of the books of the committee, requesting that he file\nthe appropriate reports and pay any penalties that were levied before the file\nwas closed by it.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 515, \u00a7 24.1-262; 1984, c. 480, \u00a7 24.1-257.1; 1986, c. 558,\n\u00a7 24.1-257.2; 1988, c. 734; 1990, c. 976; 1991, c. 709; 1993, c. 641, \u00a7\n24.2-929; 1994, c. 752; 1995, c. 785; 2000, cc. 233, 511, 555, \u00a7\u00a7 24.2-920.1,\n24.2-923.1; 2001, cc. 620, 635, 648; 2004, cc. 457, 480; 2005, cc. 9, 371, 676,\n745; 2006, cc. 787, 892; 2015, cc. 644, 645.","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}}