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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 587<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":347417,"section_number":"15.2-1600","catch_line":"Counties and cities required to elect certain officers; qualifications of attorney for the Commonwealth; duties and compensation of officers; vacancies, certain counties and cities excepted; officer's powers not to be diminished","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1600\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1380315,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347418,"identifier":"15.2-1601","token":"15.2\/II\/16\/1\/15.2-1601","url":"\/15.2-1601\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1601\/","token":"15.2\/II\/16\/1\/15.2-1601","dublin_core":{"Title":"Requirements for officers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1601","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The officers required by \u00a7 15.2-1600<\/a> are subject to the residency, qualification for office, bonding, dual-office-holding requirements and prohibitions provided for in Chapter 15 of this title.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREQUIREMENTS FOR OFFICERS (\u00a7 15.2-1601)\n\nThe officers required by \u00a7 15.2-1600 are subject to the residency,\nqualification for office, bonding, dual-office-holding requirements and\nprohibitions provided for in Chapter 15 of this title.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 587.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}