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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>348334</law_id><section_number>15.2-3824</section_number><catch_line>Town officers</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="46" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="III">Boundary Adjustments and Changes of Status of Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="9" identifier="38">Transition of Towns to Cities</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Except as provided in this chapter, if a <span class="dictionary">town</span> becomes a <span class="dictionary">city</span>, officers of the <span class="dictionary">town</span> shall be officers of the <span class="dictionary">city</span> until the expiration of the term for which they were chosen or until they are removed according to <span class="dictionary">law</span> or their offices abolished by the <span class="dictionary">city</span> <span class="dictionary">council</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-95; 1962, c. 623, &#xA7; 15.1-996; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata><court_decisions></court_decisions></metadata></law>
