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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. 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 1958, chapter 328; in 1962, chapter 623; in 1979, chapter 297; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":151375,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87493,"identifier":"15.2-207","token":"15.2\/I\/2\/15.2-207","url":"\/15.2-207\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-207\/","token":"15.2\/I\/2\/15.2-207","dublin_core":{"Title":"Boundaries of municipal corporations continued; charters not to contain metes and bounds; incorporated by reference","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-207","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The boundaries of municipal corporations remain as now established unless changed as provided in this title. No charter of any municipal corporation shall contain the metes and bounds of such municipal corporation, but the boundaries shall be incorporated therein by reference to the recordation in the clerk’s office of the court<\/span> where deeds are admitted to record of the final decree<\/span> or order<\/span> of the court<\/span> establishing such boundaries or the act of the General Assembly by which they are defined. The part of the charter of a municipal corporation defining its boundaries hereafter amended shall not contain the metes and bounds of the municipal corporation, but the boundaries shall be incorporated therein by reference to the recordation of a final decree<\/span> or order<\/span> of court<\/span> or to a General Assembly act.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBOUNDARIES OF MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS CONTINUED; CHARTERS NOT TO CONTAIN METES\nAND BOUNDS; INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (\u00a7 15.2-207)\n\nThe boundaries of municipal corporations remain as now established unless\nchanged as provided in this title. No charter of any municipal corporation shall\ncontain the metes and bounds of such municipal corporation, but the boundaries\nshall be incorporated therein by reference to the recordation in the\nclerk’s office of the court where deeds are admitted to record of the\nfinal decree or order of the court establishing such boundaries or the act of\nthe General Assembly by which they are defined. The part of the charter of a\nmunicipal corporation defining its boundaries hereafter amended shall not\ncontain the metes and bounds of the municipal corporation, but the boundaries\nshall be incorporated therein by reference to the recordation of a final decree\nor order of court or to a General Assembly act.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15.1-908; 1958, c. 328; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-836.2;\n1979, c. 297; 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}}