A. Candidates for United States Senators, for representatives in Congress,and for the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney Generalshall pay the primary fee to the State Board of Elections. The primary feesshall be credited by the Board to a fund to be known as the "state primaryfee fund."
The Board shall refund the fee by warrant upon the state primary fee fund inthe event the prospective candidate does not become a candidate, becomes acandidate and is not opposed, or must refile for any reason. All otherprimary fees paid to the Board shall be paid or placed to the credit of thefund out of which the Board pays the Commonwealth's expenses for the primary.
B. All other candidates shall pay the fee to the treasurer, or director offinance if there is no treasurer, of the city or county in which they reside.The treasurer or director of finance shall pay back the fee in the event theprospective candidate does not become a candidate, or becomes a candidate andmust refile for any reason. In the event the candidate is unopposed, theState Board or the local electoral board, as appropriate, shall notify, noless than 60 days before the primary, the treasurer or director of finance towhom the fee was paid that the candidate is unopposed and shall provide thename and mailing address for returning the fee to the candidate. Thetreasurer or director of finance promptly shall return the fee to thecandidate. All other primary fees paid a county or city treasurer or directorof finance shall be paid or placed to the credit of the fund of the county orcity out of which the expenses of the primary were paid by the county or city.
C. A receipt for the payment of the fee must be attached to the declarationof candidacy; otherwise the declaration shall not be received or filed.
(Code 1950, § 24-401; 1962, c. 462; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 247, § 24.1-199;1982, c. 650; 1988, c. 192; 1993, c. 641; 2005, c. 748; 2010, cc. 449, 645.)
A. Candidates for United States Senators, for representatives in Congress,and for the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney Generalshall pay the primary fee to the State Board of Elections. The primary feesshall be credited by the Board to a fund to be known as the "state primaryfee fund."
The Board shall refund the fee by warrant upon the state primary fee fund inthe event the prospective candidate does not become a candidate, becomes acandidate and is not opposed, or must refile for any reason. All otherprimary fees paid to the Board shall be paid or placed to the credit of thefund out of which the Board pays the Commonwealth's expenses for the primary.
B. All other candidates shall pay the fee to the treasurer, or director offinance if there is no treasurer, of the city or county in which they reside.The treasurer or director of finance shall pay back the fee in the event theprospective candidate does not become a candidate, or becomes a candidate andmust refile for any reason. In the event the candidate is unopposed, theState Board or the local electoral board, as appropriate, shall notify, noless than 60 days before the primary, the treasurer or director of finance towhom the fee was paid that the candidate is unopposed and shall provide thename and mailing address for returning the fee to the candidate. Thetreasurer or director of finance promptly shall return the fee to thecandidate. All other primary fees paid a county or city treasurer or directorof finance shall be paid or placed to the credit of the fund of the county orcity out of which the expenses of the primary were paid by the county or city.
C. A receipt for the payment of the fee must be attached to the declarationof candidacy; otherwise the declaration shall not be received or filed.
(Code 1950, § 24-401; 1962, c. 462; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 247, § 24.1-199;1982, c. 650; 1988, c. 192; 1993, c. 641; 2005, c. 748; 2010, cc. 449, 645.)
A. Candidates for United States Senators, for representatives in Congress,and for the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney Generalshall pay the primary fee to the State Board of Elections. The primary feesshall be credited by the Board to a fund to be known as the "state primaryfee fund."
The Board shall refund the fee by warrant upon the state primary fee fund inthe event the prospective candidate does not become a candidate, becomes acandidate and is not opposed, or must refile for any reason. All otherprimary fees paid to the Board shall be paid or placed to the credit of thefund out of which the Board pays the Commonwealth's expenses for the primary.
B. All other candidates shall pay the fee to the treasurer, or director offinance if there is no treasurer, of the city or county in which they reside.The treasurer or director of finance shall pay back the fee in the event theprospective candidate does not become a candidate, or becomes a candidate andmust refile for any reason. In the event the candidate is unopposed, theState Board or the local electoral board, as appropriate, shall notify, noless than 60 days before the primary, the treasurer or director of finance towhom the fee was paid that the candidate is unopposed and shall provide thename and mailing address for returning the fee to the candidate. Thetreasurer or director of finance promptly shall return the fee to thecandidate. All other primary fees paid a county or city treasurer or directorof finance shall be paid or placed to the credit of the fund of the county orcity out of which the expenses of the primary were paid by the county or city.
C. A receipt for the payment of the fee must be attached to the declarationof candidacy; otherwise the declaration shall not be received or filed.
(Code 1950, § 24-401; 1962, c. 462; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 247, § 24.1-199;1982, c. 650; 1988, c. 192; 1993, c. 641; 2005, c. 748; 2010, cc. 449, 645.)
