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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 256 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1381029,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347589,"identifier":"15.2-1804","token":"15.2\/II\/18\/1\/15.2-1804","url":"\/15.2-1804\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1804\/","token":"15.2\/II\/18\/1\/15.2-1804","dublin_core":{"Title":"Building by locality","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1804","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law<\/span>, general or special, when a locality<\/span> builds facilities for its own use on real property owned by it but located in another locality<\/span>’s jurisdiction<\/span>, all building inspections required by law<\/span> shall be conducted without payment of any fees or costs to the locality<\/span> within whose boundaries the building occurs; however, the locality<\/span> within whose boundaries the building occurs may require that such inspections be carried out by the agents of the locality<\/span> building the facility.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBUILDING BY LOCALITY (\u00a7 15.2-1804)\n\nNotwithstanding any contrary provision of law, general or special, when a\nlocality builds facilities for its own use on real property owned by it but\nlocated in another locality’s jurisdiction, all building inspections\nrequired by law shall be conducted without payment of any fees or costs to the\nlocality within whose boundaries the building occurs; however, the locality\nwithin whose boundaries the building occurs may require that such inspections be\ncarried out by the agents of the locality building the facility.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 256, \u00a7 15.1-33.3; 1997, c. 587.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}