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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74638</law_id><section_number>2.2-2807</section_number><catch_line>Prohibition against holding two elected offices simultaneously; exceptions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="2.2">Administration of Government</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Organization of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="E">State Officers and Employees</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="28">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<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.
		The 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.
		This 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.
		A 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></text><history>1993, cc. 621, 781, &#xA7; 2.1-37.01; 2001, c. 844.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
