Code of Virginia
Chapter 28 - General Provisions
§ 2.2-2829. Disappearance of public officer; when office presumed vacant

Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to the length of time after which the continued absence of a person shall create a presumption of death, when a petition alleging that a person who is a public officer elected by the people or by the General Assembly or appointed by the Governor has disappeared and after diligent search cannot be found is presented to a court of record in the city or county in which the last known residence of the person is located, and when it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the circumstances surrounding the disappearance afford reasonable grounds for the belief that the person is dead, then the office held by such person shall be presumed to be vacant and the court shall enter an order to that effect.
1973, c. 168, § 2.1-17.1; 2001, c. 844.

Structure Code of Virginia

Code of Virginia

Title 2.2 - Administration of Government

Chapter 28 - General Provisions

§ 2.2-2800. Disability to hold state office

§ 2.2-2801. Disability to hold state office; exceptions

§ 2.2-2802. Exception as to public officer or employee who engages in war service or is called to active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States

§ 2.2-2803. Exception as to public officer or employee serving in the Selective Service System of the United States

§ 2.2-2804. Selective Service compliance

§ 2.2-2805. Members of armed forces; reserve forces

§ 2.2-2806. Holding other office by officers of state institutions

§ 2.2-2807. Prohibition against holding two elected offices simultaneously; exceptions

§ 2.2-2808. Acts under color of office; contracts in violation of chapter

§ 2.2-2809. Bonds of certain officers required; condition

§ 2.2-2810. Premiums on such bonds

§ 2.2-2811. Where bonds filed

§ 2.2-2812. Employment of personnel

§ 2.2-2812.1. State agencies prohibited from inquiring about arrests, charges, or convictions on employment applications; exceptions

§ 2.2-2813. Definitions; compensation and expense payments from state funds for service on collegial bodies

§ 2.2-2814. How salaries, expenses and other allowances paid; time of payment

§ 2.2-2815. Increase in salaries

§ 2.2-2816. Liability of salary of officer for debt he owes Commonwealth; how enforced; when officer's right to file petition barred

§ 2.2-2817. Defense of employees

§ 2.2-2817.1. State agencies to establish alternative work schedules; reporting requirement

§ 2.2-2817.2. Employees of the University of Virginia Medical Center

§ 2.2-2818. Health and related insurance for state employees

§ 2.2-2818.01. Employer contributions

§ 2.2-2818.1. Supplemental health insurance coverage; state employees eligible for military health insurance coverage

§ 2.2-2818.2. Application of mandates to the state employee health insurance plan

§ 2.2-2819. Purchase of continued health insurance coverage by the surviving spouse and any dependents of an active or retired state employee

§ 2.2-2820. Purchase of health insurance coverage by part-time state employees

§ 2.2-2820.1. Repealed

§ 2.2-2821. Workers' compensation insurance plan for state employees trust fund for payment of claims

§ 2.2-2821.1. Leave for bone marrow or organ donation

§ 2.2-2821.2. Leave for volunteer fire and volunteer emergency medical services

§ 2.2-2821.3. Leave for volunteer members of Civil Air Patrol

§ 2.2-2822. Ownership and use of patents and copyrights developed by certain public employees; Creative Commons copyrights

§ 2.2-2823. Traveling expenses on state business; public or private transportation

§ 2.2-2824. Monitoring travel expenses while on state business

§ 2.2-2825. Reimbursement for certain travel expenditures; restrictions on reimbursement

§ 2.2-2826. Travel expense accounts; review by Comptroller

§ 2.2-2827. Restrictions on state employee access to information infrastructure

§ 2.2-2828. Repealed

§ 2.2-2829. Disappearance of public officer; when office presumed vacant

§ 2.2-2830. Governor to fill vacancy in any state office where no other provision is made by law; term of appointment; benefits

§ 2.2-2831. Payment of severance benefits; exceptions

§ 2.2-2832. Retaliatory actions against persons providing testimony before a committee or subcommittee of the General Assembly