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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 673<\/a> 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. It has been modified 4 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 2002, chapters 31<\/a> and 451<\/a>; in 2005, chapters 265<\/a> and 318<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 202<\/a>; in 2018, chapter 542<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":69383,"section_number":"15.2-901","catch_line":"Locality may provide for removal or disposal of trash and clutter, cutting of grass, weeds, and running bamboo; penalty in certain counties; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-901\/"},{"id":72183,"section_number":"15.2-903","catch_line":"Ordinances taxing and regulating \"automobile graveyards,\" \"junkyards,\" and certain vacant and abandoned property","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-903\/"},{"id":64391,"section_number":"15.2-904","catch_line":"Authority to restrict keeping of inoperable motor vehicles, etc., on residential or commercial property; removal of such vehicles; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-904\/"},{"id":61931,"section_number":"15.2-905","catch_line":"Authority to restrict keeping of inoperable motor vehicles, etc., on residential or commercial property; removal of such vehicles","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-905\/"},{"id":78494,"section_number":"15.2-908","catch_line":"Authority of localities to remove or repair the defacement of buildings, walls, fences and other structures","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-908\/"},{"id":82691,"section_number":"46.2-100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-100\/"}],"permalink":{"id":152525,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62143,"identifier":"15.2-1132","token":"15.2\/II\/11\/2\/15.2-1132","url":"\/15.2-1132\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1132\/","token":"15.2\/II\/11\/2\/15.2-1132","dublin_core":{"Title":"Volunteer property maintenance and zoning inspectors in certain cities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1132","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Portsmouth, Richmond, and Virginia Beach may provide that the agency charged with the enforcement of local ordinances<\/span> adopted pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 15.2-901<\/a>, 15.2-903<\/a>, 15.2-904<\/a>, 15.2-905<\/a>, and 15.2-908<\/a> or city<\/span> charter relating to the external maintenance of property or local zoning ordinances<\/span> relating to motor vehicles or trailers as defined in \u00a7 46.2-100<\/a> may utilize supervised, trained, and qualified volunteers to issue<\/span> notices of noncompliance with such ordinances<\/span>. Such volunteers shall have any and all immunity provided to an employee of the locality<\/span> doing an identical job.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVOLUNTEER PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND ZONING INSPECTORS IN CERTAIN CITIES (\u00a7\n15.2-1132)\n\nThe Cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Portsmouth, Richmond, and\nVirginia Beach may provide that the agency charged with the enforcement of local\nordinances adopted pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 15.2-901, 15.2-903, 15.2-904, 15.2-905, and\n15.2-908 or city charter relating to the external maintenance of property or\nlocal zoning ordinances relating to motor vehicles or trailers as defined in \u00a7\n46.2-100 may utilize supervised, trained, and qualified volunteers to issue\nnotices of noncompliance with such ordinances. Such volunteers shall have any\nand all immunity provided to an employee of the locality doing an identical job.\n\nHISTORY: Acts 2000, c. 673; 2002, cc. 31, 451; 2005, cc. 265, 318; 2010, c. 202;\n2018, c. 542.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}