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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60309</law_id><section_number>24.2-122</section_number><catch_line>Status of members of electoral boards, registrars, and officers of election</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="24.2">Elections</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions and Administration</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Miscellaneous Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Members of <span class="dictionary">electoral boards</span>, registrars, and officers of <span class="dictionary">election</span> shall serve the Commonwealth and its localities in administering the <span class="dictionary">election</span> <span class="dictionary">laws</span>. They shall be deemed to be employees of the county or city in which they serve except as otherwise specifically provided by state <span class="dictionary">law</span>.
		A county or city may retain officers of <span class="dictionary">election</span> as independent contractors.
		Deputy registrars who agree to serve without pay are not state or local employees for any purpose.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 24-30, 24-199; 1970, c. 462, &#xA7; 24.1-32; 1975, c. 515; 1978, c. 778; 1980, c. 639; 1982, c. 650; 1986, c. 558; 1989, c. 227; 1993, c. 641; 2018, c. 675; 2022, c. 140.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
