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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>348082</law_id><section_number>15.2-2627</section_number><catch_line>Time for contesting validity of proposed bond issue; when bonds presumed valid</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="46" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="21" identifier="26">Public Finance Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="2" identifier="2">Provisions Applicable to All Bonds</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>For a period of thirty days after the date of the filing with the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> having <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> over the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> of a certified copy of the initial <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> or resolution of the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> authorizing the issuance of <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span>, any person in interest has the right to contest the validity of the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span>, the taxes to be levied for the payment of the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span>, the rates, rents, fees and other charges for the services and facilities furnished by, for the use of, or in connection with, any revenue-producing undertaking, the pledge of the revenues of any revenue-producing undertaking, any provisions which may be recited in any <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, resolution, trust agreement, indenture or other instrument authorizing the issuance of <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span>, or any matter contained in, provided for or done or to be done pursuant to the foregoing. If such contest is not begun within the thirty-day period, the authority to <span class="dictionary">issue</span> the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span>, the validity of the taxes or the pledge of revenues necessary to pay the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span>, the validity of any other provision contained in the <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, resolution, trust agreement, indenture or other instrument, and all proceedings in connection with the authorization and the issuance of the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span> shall be conclusively presumed to have been legally taken and no <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall have authority to inquire into such matters and no such contest shall thereafter be instituted.</p><p>Upon the delivery of any <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span> reciting that they are issued pursuant to this chapter and an election held or <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> or resolution adopted under this chapter, the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span> shall be conclusively presumed to be fully authorized by all the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth and to have been sold, executed and delivered by the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> in conformity with such <span class="dictionary">laws</span>, and the validity of the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span> shall not be questioned by a <span class="dictionary">party</span> <span class="dictionary">plaintiff</span>, a <span class="dictionary">party</span> <span class="dictionary">defendant</span>, the <span class="dictionary">locality</span>, any taxpayer of the <span class="dictionary">locality</span>, or any other interested <span class="dictionary">party</span> in any <span class="dictionary">court</span>, anything in this chapter or in any other <span class="dictionary">statutes</span> to the contrary notwithstanding.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-666.53; 1958, c. 640; 1962, c. 623, &#xA7; 15.1-212; 1991, c. 668, &#xA7; 15.1-227.28; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
