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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 881 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 1988 \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":[{"id":348393,"section_number":"15.2-4110","catch_line":"Proceedings final for five years","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-4110\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1384847,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348391,"identifier":"15.2-4109","token":"15.2\/III\/41\/15.2-4109","url":"\/15.2-4109\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-4109\/","token":"15.2\/III\/41\/15.2-4109","dublin_core":{"Title":"Declining a grant of town status","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-4109","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In any proceedings brought under the provisions of this chapter, the governing body<\/span> of the city<\/span>, may, by ordinance<\/span> or resolution, decline to accept eligibility for town<\/span> status on the terms and conditions imposed by the special court<\/span> at any time prior to twenty-one days after entry of an order<\/span> granting eligibility for town<\/span> status, or within twenty-one days after denial of a petition<\/span> for appeal<\/span> or within twenty-one days after the entry of the mandate<\/span> in an appeal<\/span> which has been granted.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDECLINING A GRANT OF TOWN STATUS (\u00a7 15.2-4109)\n\nIn any proceedings brought under the provisions of this chapter, the governing\nbody of the city, may, by ordinance or resolution, decline to accept eligibility\nfor town status on the terms and conditions imposed by the special court at any\ntime prior to twenty-one days after entry of an order granting eligibility for\ntown status, or within twenty-one days after denial of a petition for appeal or\nwithin twenty-one days after the entry of the mandate in an appeal which has\nbeen granted.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 881, \u00a7 15.1-965.19; 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"}}