{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-const.-art.-i-section-4","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Const. art. I, § Section 4.","heading":"No exclusive emoluments or privileges; offices not to be hereditary.","body":"That no man, or set of men, is entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community, but in consideration of public services; which not being descendible, neither ought the offices of magistrate, legislator, or judge to be hereditary.","path":["Virginia Constitution","Article I. Bill of Rights"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:18:29Z","sha256":"58e20c719d37be6052f443bde631dbd1993058802fb3776e6c6493d75ab40dcf","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-const.-art.-i-section-3","next":"us-va/va.-const.-art.-i-section-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}