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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54796</law_id><section_number>24.2-947.7</section_number><catch_line>Filing schedule for candidates for office; May elections</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>24.2-947.8</reference><reference>24.2-948.2</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="24.2">Elections</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="9.3">Campaign Finance Disclosure Act of 2006</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Candidates and Their Campaign Committees</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">candidate</span> for election to a local office to be filled at a May <span class="dictionary">general election</span> shall file the prescribed campaign finance reports as follows: <a id="paragraph-201088" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-947.7/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Not later than July 15 in a nonelection year for the period January 1 through June 30; <a id="paragraph-201089" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-947.7/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Not later than January 15 following a nonelection year for the period July 1 through December 31; <a id="paragraph-201090" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-947.7/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> For municipal <span class="dictionary">primary</span> <span class="dictionary">candidates</span> only, not later than the eighth day before the <span class="dictionary">primary</span> date complete through the twelfth day before the <span class="dictionary">primary</span>; <a id="paragraph-201091" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-947.7/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Not later than April 15 of the election year complete through March 31; <a id="paragraph-201092" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-947.7/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Not later than the eighth day before the election date complete through the twelfth day before the election date; <a id="paragraph-201093" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-947.7/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Not later than June 15 of the election year complete through June 10; <a id="paragraph-201094" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-947.7/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> Not later than July 15 of the election year complete through June 30; and <a id="paragraph-201095" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-947.7/#A7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A8" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> Not later than the following January 15 complete through December 31, and then in accordance with subdivisions A 1 and A 2 or subdivisions A 3 through A 7, as appropriate, of this subsection until a final report is filed. <a id="paragraph-201096" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-947.7/#A8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">candidate</span>, who was subject to the election year filing schedule set out in subdivisions A 3 through A 8 and who has not filed a final report, shall file reports in any subsequent election year for the same office in accordance with the election year filing schedule set out in subdivisions A 3 through A 8. <a id="paragraph-201097" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-947.7/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">candidate</span> shall also file any report of certain large contributions required by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Special report required of certain large pre-election contributions" href="/24.2-947.9/">24.2-947.9</a>, if applicable. <a id="paragraph-201098" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/24.2-947.7/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1986, c. 558, &#xA7; 24.1-257.2; 1988, c. 734; 1991, c. 709; 1993, c. 641, &#xA7; 24.2-917; 1995, c. 785; 2004, c. 26; 2006, cc. 787, 892; 2008, c. 650; 2010, c. 696; 2015, c. 646.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
