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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>348362</law_id><section_number>15.2-3917</section_number><catch_line>Certain cities not affected by chapter</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="3" identifier="III">Boundary Adjustments and Changes of Status of Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="10" identifier="39">Transition of Counties to Cities</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>This chapter shall in no way affect the organization, government, officers, charter or <span class="dictionary">laws</span> governing any <span class="dictionary">city</span> declared to be such prior to July 1, 1978.</p></section></text><history>1979, c. 85, &#xA7; 15.1-977.18; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
