CODE OF VIRGINIA

PETITION FOR INCORPORATION OF COMMUNITY; APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL COURT (§
15.2-3600)

A petition signed by 100 voters of any community may be presented to the circuit
court for the county in which such community, or the greater part thereof, is
situated, requesting that the community be incorporated as a town. A plat
showing the boundaries of the community shall be attached to the petition. The
circuit court with which the petition is filed shall notify the Supreme Court,
which shall appoint a special court to hear the case as prescribed by Chapter 30
(§ 15.2-3000 et seq.) of this title. The plat shall be prepared by a registered
surveyor in a form suitable for recording in the clerk’s office of the
circuit court. A copy of the petition shall be served upon the county attorney
or, if there is no county attorney, the attorney for the Commonwealth, and each
member of the governing body of the county or counties wherein the area sought
to be incorporated lies. The governing body at its option may become a party to
the proceeding. The petition shall be accompanied by proof that:

   1.  The petition has been available for public inspection in the office of the
   clerk of the circuit court; and

   2.  The following have been published once a week for four successive weeks in
   a newspaper having general circulation in the county:
               
               
            

      a.  Notice of the time and place the petition would be presented; and

      b.  The text of the petition in full; or

      c.  A descriptive summary of the petition and notice that the petition may
      be inspected at the circuit court clerk’s office.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-66; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-966; 1964, c. 467; 1975, c.
629; 1976, c. 586; 1979, c. 85; 1980, c. 45; 1997, c. 587.