How to stagger <h>tags?</h>

[TaylorRHawkins]

This might seem like a silly question, but It's one that I would like to get some responses from the SEO community.

Do <h>tags need to be staggered according to the numbers?

For example: A few of our clients have their h1 tag listed on a mid-way header that is halfway down their page, and there are both h2's and h3's listed before the h1 in the source code. Does this matter?

Let me know! 
Thanks! </h>

[donsilvernail]

H1 tags are usually reserved for the title of the page, or important stand out headings. It is possible for this heading to be halfway down the page but very unusual. The h tags do not necessarily need to be in order. They are used to organize headings by their importance. For instance you could have an h2 heading and have an h3 and an h4 heading in the same copy block and then start a new topic paragraph with another h2 heading and once again use the h3 and h4 headings within the next block of copy.

So no they do not need to go in order but their contents, relevance or organization is dictated by the heading used.

[TaylorRHawkins]

Thank you for clarifying! It's much appreciated.