Code of Virginia - Title 24.2 Elections - Section 24.2-234 Removal of officer appointed for a term certain

§ 24.2-234. Removal of officer appointed for a term certain

Any officer appointed to an office for a term established by law may be removed from office, under the provisions of § 24.2-233, upon a petition filed with the circuit court in whose jurisdiction the officer resides signed by the person or a majority of the members of the authority who appointed him, if the appointing person or authority is not given the unqualified power of removal.

The circuit court also shall proceed pursuant to § 24.2-235 for the removal of a member of a local electoral board or general registrar upon a petition signed by a majority of the members of the State Board of Elections as provided in § 24.2-103.

(1975, cc. 515, 595, § 24.1-79.6; 1993, c. 641; 2004, cc. 27, 391.)

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