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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>355720</law_id><section_number>24.2-224</section_number><catch_line>Local elections not otherwise provided for</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="64" identifier="24.2">Elections</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="2">Federal, Commonwealth, and Local Officers</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="5" identifier="5">Constitutional and Local Officers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The election to any public office required to be filled by the <span class="dictionary">qualified voters</span> of any county, city, town, or <span class="dictionary">election district</span> for which an election time is not provided by <span class="dictionary">law</span> shall be held at the <span class="dictionary">general election</span> immediately preceding the time provided for the term of such office to commence.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 24-143; 1970, c. 462, &#xA7; 24.1-74; 1993, c. 641.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
