CODE OF VIRGINIA

INTERIM APPOINTMENT BY COURT UNTIL VACANCY FILLED BY ELECTION FOR CERTAIN
OFFICES (§ 24.2-227)

When a vacancy occurs in any local elected office other than a constitutional
office, local governing body, or an elected school board, a majority of the
judges of the judicial circuit for the county or city in which it occurs shall
make an interim appointment to the office until the vacancy can be filled by
special election. The senior judge shall make the appointment if a majority of
the judges cannot agree. The chief or senior deputy, if there is one in the
office, shall perform all the duties of the office until the person appointed to
fill the vacancy has qualified. The person so appointed shall hold office until
the qualified voters fill the vacancy by election and the person so elected has
qualified.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 24-145; 1958, c. 621; 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-76; 1975, c.
515; 1976, c. 616; 1977, c. 490; 1984, c. 480; 1993, c. 641; 1996, c. 873; 2000,
cc. 787, 1070.