{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-const.-art.-v-section-3","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Const. art. V, § Section 3.","heading":"Qualifications of Governor.","body":"No person except a citizen of the United States shall be eligible to the office of Governor; nor shall any person be eligible to that office unless he shall have attained the age of thirty years and have been a resident of the Commonwealth and a registered voter in the Commonwealth for five years next preceding his election.","path":["Virginia Constitution","Article V. Executive"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:18:29Z","sha256":"ff1ad4d47b2657897253cbb5e5fc5d60a7b9fbf466c7b55246d8676bd29bc6b5","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-const.-art.-v-section-2","next":"us-va/va.-const.-art.-v-section-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}