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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>348107</law_id><section_number>15.2-2652</section_number><catch_line>Service by publication of motion for judgment; parties defendant</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-2654</reference></referred_to_by><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="6" identifier="6">Judicial Determination of Validity of Bonds</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Upon the filing of the <span class="dictionary">motion for judgment</span> the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall fix the time and place for <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> the proceeding and shall enter an <span class="dictionary">order</span> requiring the publication of the <span class="dictionary">motion for judgment</span> or a summary of it approved by the <span class="dictionary">court</span>, together with the <span class="dictionary">order</span> setting forth the time and place of the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>, twice in a newspaper published or having general circulation in the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> where the issuer is located, with the first notice appearing no more than 28 days before and the second notice appearing no less than seven days before the date fixed for the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>.</p><p>By the publication of the <span class="dictionary">motion for judgment</span> or summary and the <span class="dictionary">order</span>, all taxpayers, property owners and citizens of the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> where the issuer is located, including nonresidents owning property in or subject to taxation by it, and all other persons having or claiming any right, title or interest in any property or funds affected in any way by the issuance of the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span>, or having or claiming to have any right or interest in the subject matter of the <span class="dictionary">motion for judgment</span>, shall be considered parties <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> in the proceedings, and the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall have <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of them the same as if each of them were named individually as a <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> in the <span class="dictionary">motion for judgment</span> and personally served with process.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-666.56; 1958, c. 640; 1962, c. 623, &#xA7; 15.1-215; 1991, c. 668, &#xA7; 15.1-227.54; 1997, c. 587; 2024, cc. 225, 242.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
