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Any offer of money shall be accompanied by a certified check or other satisfactory security to be likewise placed in the hands of the clerk to be delivered by him to the treasurer of the county. If the location stated in the deed or offer of money is selected by the voters, the treasurer shall record the deed and collect and place the fund to the credit of the county to be drawn on by the board of supervisors as hereinafter directed.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":303470,"text":"Any town or individual may donate to the county the land necessary for its uses at any of the locations named in the petition, which shall not be less than one acre, and may offer as an inducement for such removal such sum of money as may be desired. Any offer to donate the land shall be accompanied by a deed for the land, to be regularly executed and placed in the hands of the clerk of the county. Any offer of money shall be accompanied by a certified check or other satisfactory security to be likewise placed in the hands of the clerk to be delivered by him to the treasurer of the county. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1962, chapter 623; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":153709,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84668,"identifier":"15.2-1648","token":"15.2\/II\/16\/8\/15.2-1648","url":"\/15.2-1648\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1648\/","token":"15.2\/II\/16\/8\/15.2-1648","dublin_core":{"Title":"Donation of land and money","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1648","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any town<\/span> or individual may donate to the county<\/span> the land necessary for its uses at any of the locations named in the petition<\/span>, which shall not be less than one acre, and may offer as an inducement for such removal such sum of money as may be desired. Any offer to donate the land shall be accompanied by a deed for the land, to be regularly executed and placed in the hands of the clerk of the county<\/span>. Any offer of money shall be accompanied by a certified check or other satisfactory security to be likewise placed in the hands of the clerk to be delivered by him to the treasurer of the county<\/span>. If the location stated in the deed or offer of money is selected by the voters<\/span>, the treasurer shall record the deed and collect and place the fund to the credit of the county<\/span> to be drawn on by the board of supervisors<\/span> as hereinafter directed.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDONATION OF LAND AND MONEY (\u00a7 15.2-1648)\n\nAny town or individual may donate to the county the land necessary for its uses\nat any of the locations named in the petition, which shall not be less than one\nacre, and may offer as an inducement for such removal such sum of money as may\nbe desired. Any offer to donate the land shall be accompanied by a deed for the\nland, to be regularly executed and placed in the hands of the clerk of the\ncounty. Any offer of money shall be accompanied by a certified check or other\nsatisfactory security to be likewise placed in the hands of the clerk to be\ndelivered by him to the treasurer of the county. If the location stated in the\ndeed or offer of money is selected by the voters, the treasurer shall record the\ndeed and collect and place the fund to the credit of the county to be drawn on\nby the board of supervisors as hereinafter directed.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-47; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-563; 1997, c. 587.","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}}