                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PETITION FOR RECOUNT; RECOUNT COURT (§ 24.2-801)

A. The petition for a recount of an election, other than an election for
presidential electors, shall be filed within 10 days from the day the State
Board or the electoral board certifies the result of the election under &#xA7;
24.2-679 or 24.2-671, but not thereafter. The petition shall be filed in the
Circuit Court of the City of Richmond in the case of any statewide office and in
the circuit court of the county or city in which the candidate being challenged
resides in the case of any other office. The petition shall be filed in the
Circuit Court of the City of Richmond in the case of any statewide referendum
and in the circuit court of any county or city comprising a part of the election
district in the case of any other referendum.

B. The petition shall set forth the results certified by the State Board or
electoral board and shall request the court to have the ballots in the election
recounted.

C. In an election for office, a copy of the petition shall be served on the
candidate apparently nominated or elected as provided under &#xA7; 8.01-296 and
within 10 days after the State Board or electoral board has certified the
results of such election. In a referendum, a copy of the petition shall be so
served on the governing body or chief executive officer of the jurisdiction in
which the election was held.

D. The chief judge of the circuit court in which a petition is filed shall
promptly notify the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, who shall
designate two other judges to sit with the chief judge, and the court shall be
constituted and sit in all respects as a court appointed and sitting under
&#xA7;&#xA7; 24.2-805 and 24.2-806.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 293, § 24.1-249; 1981, c. 570; 1993, c. 641; 2003, c. 268;
2014, cc. 540, 576; 2016, c. 464; 2020, c. 886.