                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ELECTION AND TERMS OF CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS (§ 24.2-217)

The qualified voters of each county shall elect a sheriff, an attorney for the
Commonwealth, a treasurer, and a commissioner of the revenue at the general
election in November 1995, and every four years thereafter unless a county has
adopted an optional form of government which provides that the office be
abolished or a county&#8217;s charter so provides. The qualified voters of each
city, unless its charter provides otherwise, shall elect a sheriff, an attorney
for the Commonwealth, a treasurer, and a commissioner of the revenue at the
general election in November 1997, and every four years thereafter. All shall
hold office for a term of four years beginning the January 1 next succeeding
their election.

The qualified voters of the several counties shall elect a clerk of the circuit
court of the county at the general election in November 1999, and every eight
years thereafter. The qualified voters of each city having a circuit court shall
elect a clerk of the circuit court at the November 1995, general election and
every eight years thereafter. They shall hold office for a term of eight years
beginning the January 1 next succeeding their election.

If a county and city share any of the offices to which this section applies, the
qualified voters of the city shall cast their votes for that office according to
the schedule set forth above for counties.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 24-154, 24-155, 24-161, 24-162, 24-167; 1970, c. 462,
§§ 24.1-86, 24.1-87; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 119; 1979, c. 522; 1993, c. 641.