                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TO WHOM FEES PAID; REFUND OF FEES (§ 24.2-524)

A. Candidates for United States Senators, for representatives in Congress, and
for the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General shall pay
the primary fee to the State Board of Elections. The primary fees shall be
credited by the Board to a fund to be known as the &#8220;state primary fee
fund.&#8221;
			The Board shall refund the fee by warrant upon the state primary fee fund in
the event the prospective candidate does not become a candidate, becomes a
candidate and is not opposed, or must refile for any reason. All other primary
fees paid to the Board shall be paid or placed to the credit of the fund out of
which the Board pays the Commonwealth&#8217;s expenses for the primary.

B. All other candidates shall pay the fee to the treasurer, or director of
finance if there is no treasurer, of the city or county in which they reside.
The treasurer or director of finance shall pay back the fee in the event the
prospective candidate does not become a candidate, or becomes a candidate and
must refile for any reason. In the event the candidate is unopposed, the State
Board or the local electoral board, as appropriate, shall notify, no less than
60 days before the primary, the treasurer or director of finance to whom the fee
was paid that the candidate is unopposed and shall provide the name and mailing
address for returning the fee to the candidate. The treasurer or director of
finance promptly shall return the fee to the candidate. All other primary fees
paid a county or city treasurer or director of finance shall be paid or placed
to the credit of the fund of the county or city out of which the expenses of the
primary were paid by the county or city.

C. A receipt for the payment of the fee must be attached to the declaration of
candidacy; otherwise the declaration shall not be received or filed.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 24-401; 1962, c. 462; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 247, §
24.1-199; 1982, c. 650; 1988, c. 192; 1993, c. 641; 2005, c. 748; 2010, cc. 449,
645.