                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN AND HOW OFFICERS QUALIFY (§ 15.2-1522)

Notwithstanding the provisions of any local government charter, or any other
provision of law, every elected county, city, town and district officer, on or
before the day on which his term of office begins, shall qualify by taking the
oath prescribed by § 49-1 and give the bond, if any, required by law, before
the circuit court for the county or city, having jurisdiction in the county,
city, town or district for which he is elected or appointed, or before the clerk
of the circuit court for such county, city, town or district. However, members
of governing bodies and elected school boards may qualify up to and including
the day of the initial meeting of the new governing body or elected school
board.
		Any such oath of town council members, town mayors or members of Boards of
Supervisors may be taken before any officer authorized by law to administer
oaths. Such oath shall be returned to the clerk of the council of the town, who
shall enter the same record on the minute book of the council, or, for members
of the Board of Supervisors, returned to the clerk of the circuit court having
jurisdiction in the county for which he is elected or appointed, who shall
record the same in the order book, on the law side thereof.
		Whenever an officer required to give bond is included in a blanket surety bond
authorized by § 2.2-1840, such officer shall furnish confirmation by the
Division of Risk Management of the inclusion of the officer on such blanket
surety bond and the amount of the coverage, which shall be the equivalent of
giving the bond for purposes of qualification.
		An appointed officer as used in this article means a person appointed to
temporarily fill an elected position. District officer as used in this article
means a person elected by the people other than national and statewide officers
and members of the General Assembly.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-475; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-38; 1972, c. 549; 1979, c.
643; 1993, c. 329; 1996, c. 167; 1997, c.; 2000, c. 293; 2017, c. 598; 2025, cc.
416, 424.