Boundary Changes of Towns and Cities

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Section
15.2-3200

Boundaries of cities and towns to remain as established until changed

Section
15.2-3201

Temporary restrictions on granting of city charters, filing annexation notices, institutions of annexation proceedings, and county immunity proceedings

Section
15.2-3202

Ordinance for annexation by city or town; appointment of special court

Section
15.2-3203

Petition by voters of adjacent territory, or governing body of adjacent county or town, for annexation; voluntary agreement by governing body to reject annexation

Section
15.2-3204

Notice of motion; service and publication

Section
15.2-3205

Additional parties

Section
15.2-3206

Conflicting petitions for same territory; petition seeking territory lying in two or more counties; procedure

Section
15.2-3207

Pretrial conference; matters considered

Section
15.2-3208

Assistance of state agencies

Section
15.2-3209

Hearing and decision

Section
15.2-3210

Boundary line where territory fronts on river, bay, etc.

Section
15.2-3211

Powers of court and rules of decision; terms and conditions

Section
15.2-3212

Determination of value of public improvements

Section
15.2-3213

Declining to accept annexation on terms and conditions imposed by court

Section
15.2-3214

Costs

Section
15.2-3215

County reimbursement for town annexation proceedings

Section
15.2-3216

Proceedings not to fail for technical or procedural defects or errors

Section
15.2-3217

(Effective until January 1, 2022) Court granting annexation to exist for ten years

Section
15.2-3217

(Effective January 1, 2022) Court granting annexation to exist for 10 years

Section
15.2-3218

Continued existence of court under certain conditions

Section
15.2-3219

Reduced taxation on real estate in territory added to corporate limits

Section
15.2-3220

Mandamus and prohibition

Section
15.2-3221

(Effective until January 1, 2022) Appeals; how heard

Section
15.2-3221

(Effective January 1, 2022) Appeals; how heard

Section
15.2-3222

(Effective until January 1, 2022) What order to be entered by Supreme Court

Section
15.2-3222

(Effective January 1, 2022) What order to be entered by the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals

Section
15.2-3223

What order and proceedings clerk to certify, and where same shall be recorded; fees

Section
15.2-3224

Commissioner of revenue for the county to certify list of real estate in annexed territory to commissioner of revenue

Section
15.2-3225

County or district officers resident in annexed territory to remain in office; reelection

Section
15.2-3226

Redistricting and elections in city or town following annexation; registration and transfer of registration of voters in annexed territory

Section
15.2-3227

(Effective until January 1, 2022) Annexation proceedings final for ten years

Section
15.2-3227

(Effective January 1, 2022) Annexation proceedings final for 10 years

Section
15.2-3228

County not to be reduced to insufficient area, population or sources of revenue

Section
15.2-3229

Annexation of whole town

Section
15.2-3230

Article not applicable to consolidation of two cities

Section
15.2-3231

Agreements between towns and counties authorized; effect; provisions

Section
15.2-3232

Hearing before Commission on Local Government required; notice

Section
15.2-3233

Adoption of agreement

Section
15.2-3234

Inability to agree; petition to Commission on Local Government

Section
15.2-3235

Appeal

Section
15.2-3236

Council may enact ordinance

Section
15.2-3237

Application to be made to circuit court; appointment of special court; who may appear against

Section
15.2-3238

What court may do

Section
15.2-3239

Certification of real estate list

Section
15.2-3240

Transfer of registration records

Section
15.2-3241

Petition for contraction of towns located in two or more counties; appointment of special court

Section
15.2-3242

Parties defendant and publication of such petition

Section
15.2-3243

Hearing and order upon such petition

Section
15.2-3244

(Effective until January 1, 2022) Appeal from such order

Section
15.2-3244

(Effective January 1, 2022) Appeal from such order

Section
15.2-3245

Validation of proceedings