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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 587<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":347196,"section_number":"15.2-1100","catch_line":"Powers conferred; exercised by council","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1100\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1378365,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347663,"identifier":"15.2-204","token":"15.2\/I\/2\/15.2-204","url":"\/15.2-204\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-204\/","token":"15.2\/I\/2\/15.2-204","dublin_core":{"Title":"Uniform charter powers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-204","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Cities and towns<\/span> shall have all powers set forth in Article 1 (\u00a7 15.2-1100<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 11, known as the uniform charter powers. Such powers do not need to be set out or incorporated by reference in a city<\/span> or town<\/span> charter.<\/p>

Counties shall have all powers set forth in Article 1 (\u00a7 15.2-1100<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 11 only when such powers are specifically conferred upon the county<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNIFORM CHARTER POWERS (\u00a7 15.2-204)\n\nCities and towns shall have all powers set forth in Article 1 (\u00a7 15.2-1100 et\nseq.) of Chapter 11, known as the uniform charter powers. Such powers do not\nneed to be set out or incorporated by reference in a city or town charter.\n\nCounties shall have all powers set forth in Article 1 (\u00a7 15.2-1100 et seq.) of\nChapter 11 only when such powers are specifically conferred upon the county.\n\nHISTORY: 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"}}