Removal of officer appointed for a term certain

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Virginia Code › Title 24.2 › Chapter 2 › Article 7 › Section 24.2-234

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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.

1975, cc. 515, 595, § 24.1-79.6; 1993, c. 641; 2004, cc. 27 , 391 ; 2023, cc. 256 , 257 .

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