CODE OF VIRGINIA

REQUEST FOR CHARTER (§ 15.2-3603)

At the session of the General Assembly following its incorporation, the town
shall request the General Assembly to grant it a charter.No judge shall grant a
town a charter. Until a town is granted a charter by the General Assembly, the
town’s affairs shall be conducted exclusively under the provisions of
general law.

HISTORY: 1980, c. 45, § 15.1-967.2; 1997, c. 587.