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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 485 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 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1992, chapter 465; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 896<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1382577,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347968,"identifier":"15.2-2327","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/8\/15.2-2327","url":"\/15.2-2327\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2327\/","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/8\/15.2-2327","dublin_core":{"Title":"Refund of impact fees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2327","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The locality<\/span> shall refund any impact fee or portion thereof for which construction of a project is not completed within a reasonable period of time, not to exceed fifteen years. In the event that impact fees<\/span> are not committed to road improvements<\/span> benefiting the impact fee service area<\/span> within seven years from the date of collection, the locality<\/span> may commit any such impact fees<\/span> to the secondary or urban system construction program of that locality<\/span> for road improvements<\/span> that benefit the impact fee service area<\/span>.<\/p>

Upon completion of a project, the locality<\/span> shall recalculate the impact fee based on the actual cost of the improvement. It shall refund the difference if the impact fee paid exceeds actual cost by more than fifteen percent. Refunds shall be made to the record owner of the property at the time the refund is made.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREFUND OF IMPACT FEES (\u00a7 15.2-2327)\n\nThe locality shall refund any impact fee or portion thereof for which\nconstruction of a project is not completed within a reasonable period of time,\nnot to exceed fifteen years. In the event that impact fees are not committed to\nroad improvements benefiting the impact fee service area within seven years from\nthe date of collection, the locality may commit any such impact fees to the\nsecondary or urban system construction program of that locality for road\nimprovements that benefit the impact fee service area.\n\nUpon completion of a project, the locality shall recalculate the impact fee\nbased on the actual cost of the improvement. It shall refund the difference if\nthe impact fee paid exceeds actual cost by more than fifteen percent. Refunds\nshall be made to the record owner of the property at the time the refund is\nmade.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 485, \u00a7 15.1-498.10; 1992, c. 465; 1997, c. 587; 2007, c. 896.","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"}}