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Such costs shall include attorneys&#8217; fees, engineering fees, witness fees, and other reasonable costs as the court shall determine and allow. The court shall hear evidence regarding the costs incurred by the town in presenting its annexation case and may order part payment by the county to the town based upon a consideration of the extent to which county revenues are derived from within the town, the relative financial ability of the town and county, and the relative merits of the case.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":246946,"text":"In any annexation proceedings in which a town participates, except those in which a town declines to accept an award by the special court, in which case \u00a7 15.2-3213 shall apply, the court may direct the county within which the town is located to reimburse the town, as hereinafter provided, for reasonable costs incurred by it in presenting its case. Such costs shall include attorneys&#8217; fees, engineering fees, witness fees, and other reasonable costs as the court shall determine and allow. The court shall hear evidence regarding the costs incurred by the town in presenting its annexation case and may order part payment by the county to the town based upon a consideration of the extent to which county revenues are derived from within the town, the relative financial ability of the town and county, and the relative merits of the case.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14197,"edition_id":1,"name":"Annexation","identifier":"1","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":14196,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:47:14","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:47:14","permalink":{"id":157029,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14197,"identifier":"1","token":"15.2\/III\/32\/1","url":"\/15.2\/III\/32\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":14196,"edition_id":1,"name":"Boundary Changes of Towns and Cities","identifier":"32","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13062,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:47:14","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:47:14","permalink":{"id":157027,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14196,"identifier":"32","token":"15.2\/III\/32","url":"\/15.2\/III\/32\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13062,"edition_id":1,"name":"Boundary Adjustments and Changes of Status of Counties, Cities and Towns","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12720,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:12","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:12","permalink":{"id":156919,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13062,"identifier":"III","token":"15.2\/III","url":"\/15.2\/III\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12720,"edition_id":1,"name":"Counties, Cities and Towns","identifier":"15.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":151279,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12720,"identifier":"15.2","token":"15.2","url":"\/15.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":55382,"structure_id":14197,"section_number":"15.2-3200","catch_line":"Boundaries of cities and towns to remain as established until changed","url":"\/15.2-3200\/","token":"15.2\/III\/32\/1\/15.2-3200","metadata":false},{"id":59036,"structure_id":14197,"section_number":"15.2-3201","catch_line":"Temporary restrictions on granting of city charters, filing annexation notices, institutions of annexation proceedings, and county immunity proceedings","url":"\/15.2-3201\/","token":"15.2\/III\/32\/1\/15.2-3201","metadata":false},{"id":61095,"structure_id":14197,"section_number":"15.2-3202","catch_line":"Ordinance for annexation by city or town; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 85 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 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":84741,"section_number":"15.2-3213","catch_line":"Declining to accept annexation on terms and conditions imposed by court","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3213\/"}],"permalink":{"id":157091,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68243,"identifier":"15.2-3215","token":"15.2\/III\/32\/1\/15.2-3215","url":"\/15.2-3215\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-3215\/","token":"15.2\/III\/32\/1\/15.2-3215","dublin_core":{"Title":"County reimbursement for town annexation proceedings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-3215","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In any annexation proceedings in which a <span class=\"dictionary\">town<\/span> participates, except those in which a <span class=\"dictionary\">town<\/span> declines to accept an award by the special <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>, in which case \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Declining to accept annexation on terms and conditions imposed by court\" href=\"\/15.2-3213\/\">15.2-3213<\/a> shall apply, the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> may direct the <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> within which the <span class=\"dictionary\">town<\/span> is located to reimburse the <span class=\"dictionary\">town<\/span>, as hereinafter provided, for reasonable costs incurred by it in presenting its case. Such costs shall include attorneys&#8217; fees, engineering fees, <span class=\"dictionary\">witness<\/span> fees, and other reasonable costs as the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> shall determine and allow. The <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> shall hear <span class=\"dictionary\">evidence<\/span> regarding the costs incurred by the <span class=\"dictionary\">town<\/span> in presenting its annexation case and may <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> part payment by the <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> to the <span class=\"dictionary\">town<\/span> based upon a consideration of the extent to which <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> revenues are derived from within the <span class=\"dictionary\">town<\/span>, the relative financial ability of the <span class=\"dictionary\">town<\/span> and <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span>, and the relative merits of the case.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOUNTY REIMBURSEMENT FOR TOWN ANNEXATION PROCEEDINGS (\u00a7 15.2-3215)\n\nIn any annexation proceedings in which a town participates, except those in\nwhich a town declines to accept an award by the special court, in which case \u00a7\n15.2-3213 shall apply, the court may direct the county within which the town is\nlocated to reimburse the town, as hereinafter provided, for reasonable costs\nincurred by it in presenting its case. Such costs shall include attorneys&#8217;\nfees, engineering fees, witness fees, and other reasonable costs as the court\nshall determine and allow. The court shall hear evidence regarding the costs\nincurred by the town in presenting its annexation case and may order part\npayment by the county to the town based upon a consideration of the extent to\nwhich county revenues are derived from within the town, the relative financial\nability of the town and county, and the relative merits of the case.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 85, \u00a7 15.1-1045.1; 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}}