Transition of Towns to Cities

  1. Law
  2. Code of Virginia
  3. Counties, Cities and Towns
  4. Transition of Towns to Cities

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Section
15.2-3800

Ordinance petitioning court for city status; appointment of special court

Section
15.2-3801

Referendum

Section
15.2-3802

Town and county agreement concerning proposed city

Section
15.2-3803

Notice of motion; service and publication; answer or other pleading

Section
15.2-3804

Parties

Section
15.2-3805

Time limit for intervenors; publication of order

Section
15.2-3806

Pretrial conference; matters considered

Section
15.2-3807

Hearing and decision by court

Section
15.2-3808

Assistance of state agencies

Section
15.2-3809

(Effective until January 1, 2022) Appeals

Section
15.2-3809

(Effective January 1, 2022) Appeals

Section
15.2-3810

Declining of grant of city status

Section
15.2-3811

Proceeding final for three years

Section
15.2-3812

Effect when town becomes city

Section
15.2-3813

Town liabilities and assets

Section
15.2-3814

Mayor of town to continue in office

Section
15.2-3815

Council of town to continue in office; additional members

Section
15.2-3816

Town treasurer to continue in office; appointment where town had no treasurer

Section
15.2-3817

Commissioner of revenue or assessor to continue in office; appointment where town had no commissioner or assessor

Section
15.2-3818

Town sergeant to continue in office

Section
15.2-3819

Election and terms of office of mayor and councilmen after town becomes city

Section
15.2-3820

Election and terms of other city officers

Section
15.2-3821

Qualification of officers; vacancies

Section
15.2-3822

Sharing of offices; transfer of jurisdiction

Section
15.2-3823

Tenure and reelection of county officer whose homesite becomes part of city

Section
15.2-3824

Town officers

Section
15.2-3825

Courts

Section
15.2-3826

Appointment of electoral board, sheriff, attorney for the Commonwealth and circuit court clerk

Section
15.2-3827

Transfer of assessments to city books

Section
15.2-3828

State, county and district taxes accruing before transition; county sales and use tax becomes city sales and use tax

Section
15.2-3829

Assumption of debt; adjustment

Section
15.2-3830

Certain costs and expenses to be apportioned between city and county

Section
15.2-3831

Registrars and their duties

Section
15.2-3832

Authority to city to provide by condemnation, etc., water, light, power and fuel

Section
15.2-3833

Chapter not applicable to cities already existing

Section
15.2-3834

Congressional, etc., districts and judicial circuit not changed