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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66395</law_id><section_number>2.2-2808</section_number><catch_line>Acts under color of office; contracts in violation of chapter</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>All <span class="dictionary">judgments</span> given, and all acts executed or done by any person by authority or color of any office or post, or the deputation thereof, before his removal therefrom, shall be as valid as they would be if this chapter had not been enacted; but every <span class="dictionary">contract</span> or security made or obtained in violation of this chapter shall be void.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 2-33; 1966, c. 677, &#xA7; 2.1-37; 2001, c. 844.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
