{"law_id":"774542","section_number":"15.2-3242","catch_line":"Parties defendant and publication of such petition","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7 15-159; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-1065; 1997, c. 587.","order_by":null,"metadata":false,"court_decisions":{},"official_url":"http:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/15.2-3242\/","refers_to":[{"id":"772450","section_number":"15.2-3241","catch_line":"Petition for contraction of towns located in two or more counties; appointment of special court","url":"\/15.2-3241\/"}],"url":"\/15.2-3242\/","token":"15.2\/III\/32\/3\/15.2-3242","structure":{"1":{"id":"1360","name":"Contraction Of Corporate Limits","identifier":"3","label":"article","url":"\/15.2\/III\/32\/3\/"},"2":{"id":"548","name":"Boundary Changes Of Towns And Cities","identifier":"32","label":"chapter","url":"\/15.2\/III\/32\/"},"3":{"id":"147","name":"Boundary Adjustments And Changes Of Status Of Counties, Cities And Towns","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","url":"\/15.2\/III\/"},"4":{"id":"46","name":"Counties, Cities And Towns","identifier":"15.2","label":"title","url":"\/15.2\/"}},"referred_to_by":[{"id":"774542","section_number":"15.2-3242","catch_line":"Parties defendant and publication of such petition","url":"\/15.2-3242\/"},{"id":"766302","section_number":"15.2-3243","catch_line":"Hearing and order upon such petition","url":"\/15.2-3243\/"}],"edition_id":"11","section_id":"774542","structure_id":"1360","full_text":"The county in which the part of the town proposed to be abandoned under \u00a7 15.2-3241 is located shall be named as defendant to the petition. Satisfactory proof that the petition, or a descriptive summary of the petition along with a reference to the place in the town where the petition may be examined, has been published in a newspaper having general circulation in the county or town once a week for four successive weeks and has been posted at the front door of the courthouse of the county for a like period shall be filed with the petition. A statement in the publication to the effect that a certain number of registered voters of the territory proposed to be abandoned signed the petition shall be sufficient in lieu of the names of the signers.","text":{"0":{"id":"2497513","text":"The county in which the part of the town proposed to be abandoned under \u00a7 15.2-3241 is located shall be named as defendant to the petition. Satisfactory proof that the petition, or a descriptive summary of the petition along with a reference to the place in the town where the petition may be examined, has been published in a newspaper having general circulation in the county or town once a week for four successive weeks and has been posted at the front door of the courthouse of the county for a like period shall be filed with the petition. A statement in the publication to the effect that a certain number of registered voters of the territory proposed to be abandoned signed the petition shall be sufficient in lieu of the names of the signers.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":{"1":{"id":"1360","name":"Contraction Of Corporate Limits","identifier":"3","label":"article","url":"\/15.2\/III\/32\/3\/"},"2":{"id":"548","name":"Boundary Changes Of Towns And Cities","identifier":"32","label":"chapter","url":"\/15.2\/III\/32\/"},"3":{"id":"147","name":"Boundary Adjustments And Changes Of Status Of Counties, Cities And Towns","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","url":"\/15.2\/III\/"},"4":{"id":"46","name":"Counties, Cities And Towns","identifier":"15.2","label":"title","url":"\/15.2\/"}},"structure_contents":{"0":{"id":"793404","structure_id":"1360","section_number":"15.2-3236","catch_line":"Council may enact ordinance","url":"\/15.2-3236\/","token":"15.2\/III\/32\/3\/15.2-3236"},"1":{"id":"774000","structure_id":"1360","section_number":"15.2-3237","catch_line":"Application to be made to circuit court; appointment of special court; who may appear against","url":"\/15.2-3237\/","token":"15.2\/III\/32\/3\/15.2-3237"},"2":{"id":"788803","structure_id":"1360","section_number":"15.2-3238","catch_line":"What court may do","url":"\/15.2-3238\/","token":"15.2\/III\/32\/3\/15.2-3238"},"3":{"id":"778184","structure_id":"1360","section_number":"15.2-3239","catch_line":"Certification of real estate list","url":"\/15.2-3239\/","token":"15.2\/III\/32\/3\/15.2-3239"},"4":{"id":"787893","structure_id":"1360","section_number":"15.2-3240","catch_line":"Transfer of registration records","url":"\/15.2-3240\/","token":"15.2\/III\/32\/3\/15.2-3240"},"5":{"id":"772450","structure_id":"1360","section_number":"15.2-3241","catch_line":"Petition for contraction of towns located in two or more counties; appointment of special court","url":"\/15.2-3241\/","token":"15.2\/III\/32\/3\/15.2-3241"},"6":{"id":"774542","structure_id":"1360","section_number":"15.2-3242","catch_line":"Parties defendant and publication of such petition","url":"\/15.2-3242\/","token":"15.2\/III\/32\/3\/15.2-3242"},"7":{"id":"766302","structure_id":"1360","section_number":"15.2-3243","catch_line":"Hearing and order upon such petition","url":"\/15.2-3243\/","token":"15.2\/III\/32\/3\/15.2-3243"},"8":{"id":"774979","structure_id":"1360","section_number":"15.2-3244","catch_line":"Appeal from such order","url":"\/15.2-3244\/","token":"15.2\/III\/32\/3\/15.2-3244"},"9":{"id":"792048","structure_id":"1360","section_number":"15.2-3245","catch_line":"Validation of proceedings [Not set out.]","url":"\/15.2-3245\/","token":"15.2\/III\/32\/3\/15.2-3245"}},"previous_section":{"id":"772450","structure_id":"1360","section_number":"15.2-3241","catch_line":"Petition for contraction of towns located in two or more counties; appointment of special court","url":"\/15.2-3241\/","token":"15.2\/III\/32\/3\/15.2-3241"},"next_section":{"id":"766302","structure_id":"1360","section_number":"15.2-3243","catch_line":"Hearing and order upon such petition","url":"\/15.2-3243\/","token":"15.2\/III\/32\/3\/15.2-3243"},"references":false,"formats":{"txt":"\/15.2-3242.txt","json":"\/15.2-3242.json","xml":"\/15.2-3242.xml"},"dublin_core":{"Title":"Parties defendant and publication of such petition","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-3242","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPARTIES DEFENDANT AND PUBLICATION OF SUCH PETITION (\u00a7 15.2-3242)\n\nThe county in which the part of the town proposed to be abandoned under \u00a7\n15.2-3241 is located shall be named as defendant to the petition. Satisfactory\nproof that the petition, or a descriptive summary of the petition along with a\nreference to the place in the town where the petition may be examined, has been\npublished in a newspaper having general circulation in the county or town once a\nweek for four successive weeks and has been posted at the front door of the\ncourthouse of the county for a like period shall be filed with the petition. A\nstatement in the publication to the effect that a certain number of registered\nvoters of the territory proposed to be abandoned signed the petition shall be\nsufficient in lieu of the names of the signers.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-159; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-1065; 1997, c. 587."}