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The petition shall set forth the facts pertaining to the desire to relocate or change the boundary line between the localities, and the petition shall include or have attached to it either (i) a plat depicting the change in the boundaries of the localities as agreed; (ii) a metes and bounds description of the new boundary line as agreed upon by the two localities; or (iii) a Geographic Information System (GIS) map depicting the change in the boundaries of the localities as agreed, having been established by Virginia State Plane Coordinates System, South Zone or North Zone, as applicable, meeting National Geodetic Survey standards. If the court finds that the procedures required by \u00a7 15.2-3107 have been complied with and that the petition is otherwise in proper order, the court shall enter an appropriate order establishing the new boundary. The order shall include a plat depicting the change in the boundaries of the locality, a metes and bounds description of the new boundary line of the locality, or a GIS map depicting the change in the boundaries of the localities that includes the Virginia State Plane, South Zone or North Zone coordinates, as applicable, and that order shall be entered in the land records of the court and indexed in the names of the localities which were involved. Costs shall be awarded as the court may determine. Whenever such an order is entered, a certified copy of the order shall be sent to the Secretary of the Commonwealth by the clerk of the court.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":211775,"text":"Within a reasonable time after a voluntary boundary agreement is adopted by the affected localities, each affected locality shall petition the circuit court for one of the affected localities to approve the boundary agreement. 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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 277 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. Unfortunately, the 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 7 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 1983, chapter 594; in 1993, chapter 392; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2013, chapter 773<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 153<\/a>; in 2018, chapters 85<\/a> and 319<\/a>; in 2019, chapters 118<\/a>, 385<\/a>, and 705<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":56558,"section_number":"15.2-3107","catch_line":"Publication of agreed boundary line","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3107\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":56558,"section_number":"15.2-3107","catch_line":"Publication of agreed boundary line","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3107\/"}],"permalink":{"id":157019,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57836,"identifier":"15.2-3108","token":"15.2\/III\/31\/2\/15.2-3108","url":"\/15.2-3108\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-3108\/","token":"15.2\/III\/31\/2\/15.2-3108","dublin_core":{"Title":"Petition and hearing; recordation of order; costs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-3108","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Within a reasonable time after a voluntary boundary agreement is adopted by the affected localities, each affected locality<\/span> shall petition<\/span> the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> for one of the affected localities to approve the boundary agreement. The petition<\/span> shall set forth the facts<\/span> pertaining to the desire to relocate or change the boundary line between the localities, and the petition<\/span> shall include or have attached to it either (i) a plat depicting the change in the boundaries of the localities as agreed; (ii) a metes and bounds description of the new boundary line as agreed upon by the two localities; or (iii) a Geographic Information System (GIS) map depicting the change in the boundaries of the localities as agreed, having been established by Virginia State Plane Coordinates System, South Zone or North Zone, as applicable, meeting National Geodetic Survey standards. If the court<\/span> finds that the procedures required by \u00a7 15.2-3107<\/a> have been complied with and that the petition<\/span> is otherwise in proper order<\/span>, the court<\/span> shall enter an appropriate order<\/span> establishing the new boundary. The order<\/span> shall include a plat depicting the change in the boundaries of the locality<\/span>, a metes and bounds description of the new boundary line of the locality<\/span>, or a GIS map depicting the change in the boundaries of the localities that includes the Virginia State Plane, South Zone or North Zone coordinates, as applicable, and that order<\/span> shall be entered in the land records of the court<\/span> and indexed in the names of the localities which were involved. Costs shall be awarded as the court<\/span> may determine. Whenever such an order<\/span> is entered, a certified copy of the order<\/span> shall be sent to the Secretary of the Commonwealth by the clerk of the court<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPETITION AND HEARING; RECORDATION OF ORDER; COSTS (\u00a7 15.2-3108)\n\nWithin a reasonable time after a voluntary boundary agreement is adopted by the\naffected localities, each affected locality shall petition the circuit court for\none of the affected localities to approve the boundary agreement. The petition\nshall set forth the facts pertaining to the desire to relocate or change the\nboundary line between the localities, and the petition shall include or have\nattached to it either (i) a plat depicting the change in the boundaries of the\nlocalities as agreed; (ii) a metes and bounds description of the new boundary\nline as agreed upon by the two localities; or (iii) a Geographic Information\nSystem (GIS) map depicting the change in the boundaries of the localities as\nagreed, having been established by Virginia State Plane Coordinates System,\nSouth Zone or North Zone, as applicable, meeting National Geodetic Survey\nstandards. If the court finds that the procedures required by \u00a7 15.2-3107 have\nbeen complied with and that the petition is otherwise in proper order, the court\nshall enter an appropriate order establishing the new boundary. The order shall\ninclude a plat depicting the change in the boundaries of the locality, a metes\nand bounds description of the new boundary line of the locality, or a GIS map\ndepicting the change in the boundaries of the localities that includes the\nVirginia State Plane, South Zone or North Zone coordinates, as applicable, and\nthat order shall be entered in the land records of the court and indexed in the\nnames of the localities which were involved. Costs shall be awarded as the court\nmay determine. Whenever such an order is entered, a certified copy of the order\nshall be sent to the Secretary of the Commonwealth by the clerk of the court.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 277, \u00a7 15.1-1031.3; 1983, c. 594; 1993, c. 392; 1997, c. 587;\n2013, c. 773; 2016, c. 153; 2018, cc. 85, 319; 2019, cc. 118, 385, 705.","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}}