Every elected county, city, town and district officer, unless otherwiseprovided by law, on or before the day on which his term of office begins,shall qualify by taking the oath prescribed by § 49-1 and give the bond, ifany, required by law, before the circuit court for the county or city, havingjurisdiction in the county, city, town or district for which he is elected orappointed, or before the clerk of the circuit court for such county, city,town or district. However, members of governing bodies and elected schoolboards may qualify up to and including the day of the initial meeting of thenew governing body or elected school board.
Any such oath of town council members, town mayors or members of Boards ofSupervisors may be taken before any officer authorized by law to administeroaths. Such oath shall be returned to the clerk of the council of the town,who shall enter the same record on the minute book of the council, or, formembers of the Board of Supervisors, returned to the clerk of the circuitcourt having jurisdiction in the county for which he is elected or appointed,who shall record the same in the order book, on the law side thereof.
Whenever an officer required to give bond is included in a blanket suretybond authorized by § 2.2-1840, such officer shall furnish an extract of themaster blanket surety bond on file in the Comptroller's office, reflectingthe name or position of the officer and the amount of the coverage, whichshall be the equivalent of giving the bond for purposes of qualification.
An appointed officer as used in this article means a person appointed totemporarily fill an elected position. District officer as used in thisarticle means a person elected by the people other than national andstatewide officers and members of the General Assembly.
(Code 1950, § 15-475; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-38; 1972, c. 549; 1979, c. 643;1993, c. 329; 1996, c. 167; 1997, c. 587; 2000, c. 293.)
Every elected county, city, town and district officer, unless otherwiseprovided by law, on or before the day on which his term of office begins,shall qualify by taking the oath prescribed by § 49-1 and give the bond, ifany, required by law, before the circuit court for the county or city, havingjurisdiction in the county, city, town or district for which he is elected orappointed, or before the clerk of the circuit court for such county, city,town or district. However, members of governing bodies and elected schoolboards may qualify up to and including the day of the initial meeting of thenew governing body or elected school board.
Any such oath of town council members, town mayors or members of Boards ofSupervisors may be taken before any officer authorized by law to administeroaths. Such oath shall be returned to the clerk of the council of the town,who shall enter the same record on the minute book of the council, or, formembers of the Board of Supervisors, returned to the clerk of the circuitcourt having jurisdiction in the county for which he is elected or appointed,who shall record the same in the order book, on the law side thereof.
Whenever an officer required to give bond is included in a blanket suretybond authorized by § 2.2-1840, such officer shall furnish an extract of themaster blanket surety bond on file in the Comptroller's office, reflectingthe name or position of the officer and the amount of the coverage, whichshall be the equivalent of giving the bond for purposes of qualification.
An appointed officer as used in this article means a person appointed totemporarily fill an elected position. District officer as used in thisarticle means a person elected by the people other than national andstatewide officers and members of the General Assembly.
(Code 1950, § 15-475; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-38; 1972, c. 549; 1979, c. 643;1993, c. 329; 1996, c. 167; 1997, c. 587; 2000, c. 293.)
Every elected county, city, town and district officer, unless otherwiseprovided by law, on or before the day on which his term of office begins,shall qualify by taking the oath prescribed by § 49-1 and give the bond, ifany, required by law, before the circuit court for the county or city, havingjurisdiction in the county, city, town or district for which he is elected orappointed, or before the clerk of the circuit court for such county, city,town or district. However, members of governing bodies and elected schoolboards may qualify up to and including the day of the initial meeting of thenew governing body or elected school board.
Any such oath of town council members, town mayors or members of Boards ofSupervisors may be taken before any officer authorized by law to administeroaths. Such oath shall be returned to the clerk of the council of the town,who shall enter the same record on the minute book of the council, or, formembers of the Board of Supervisors, returned to the clerk of the circuitcourt having jurisdiction in the county for which he is elected or appointed,who shall record the same in the order book, on the law side thereof.
Whenever an officer required to give bond is included in a blanket suretybond authorized by § 2.2-1840, such officer shall furnish an extract of themaster blanket surety bond on file in the Comptroller's office, reflectingthe name or position of the officer and the amount of the coverage, whichshall be the equivalent of giving the bond for purposes of qualification.
An appointed officer as used in this article means a person appointed totemporarily fill an elected position. District officer as used in thisarticle means a person elected by the people other than national andstatewide officers and members of the General Assembly.
(Code 1950, § 15-475; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-38; 1972, c. 549; 1979, c. 643;1993, c. 329; 1996, c. 167; 1997, c. 587; 2000, c. 293.)
