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The circuit court with which the petition is filed shall notify the Supreme Court, which shall appoint a special court to hear the case as provided by Chapter 30 (\u00a7 15.2-3000 et seq.) of this title. The special court shall review such decision and enter any order it deems appropriate. A final order of either the Commission or the court granting the town the right to future annexation through the periodic adoption of ordinances shall operate permanently to divest the town of its rights to become a city.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":285842,"text":"Any order of the Commission regarding future annexation rights of a town shall become final unless either the town or the county or five percent of the registered voters in either jurisdiction, within thirty days of the entry of the order, petition the circuit court to review such order. The circuit court with which the petition is filed shall notify the Supreme Court, which shall appoint a special court to hear the case as provided by Chapter 30 (\u00a7 15.2-3000 et seq.) of this title. The special court shall review such decision and enter any order it deems appropriate. 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This law was first created in 1979. 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 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":85081,"section_number":"15.2-3000","catch_line":"Special court to hear certain cases","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3000\/"}],"permalink":{"id":157173,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79777,"identifier":"15.2-3235","token":"15.2\/III\/32\/2\/15.2-3235","url":"\/15.2-3235\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-3235\/","token":"15.2\/III\/32\/2\/15.2-3235","dublin_core":{"Title":"Appeal","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-3235","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any order of the Commission regarding future annexation rights of a town<\/span> shall become final unless either the town<\/span> or the county<\/span> or five percent of the registered voters<\/span> in either jurisdiction<\/span>, within thirty days of the entry of the order, petition<\/span> the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> to review such order. The circuit<\/span> court<\/span> with which the petition<\/span> is filed shall notify the Supreme Court<\/span>, which shall appoint a special court<\/span> to hear the case as provided by Chapter 30 (\u00a7 15.2-3000<\/a> et seq.) of this title. The special court<\/span> shall review such decision and enter any order it deems appropriate. A final order<\/span> of either the Commission or the court<\/span> granting the town<\/span> the right to future annexation through the periodic adoption of ordinances<\/span> shall operate permanently to divest the town<\/span> of its rights to become a city<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPEAL (\u00a7 15.2-3235)\n\nAny order of the Commission regarding future annexation rights of a town shall\nbecome final unless either the town or the county or five percent of the\nregistered voters in either jurisdiction, within thirty days of the entry of the\norder, petition the circuit court to review such order. The circuit court with\nwhich the petition is filed shall notify the Supreme Court, which shall appoint\na special court to hear the case as provided by Chapter 30 (\u00a7 15.2-3000 et\nseq.) of this title. The special court shall review such decision and enter any\norder it deems appropriate. A final order of either the Commission or the court\ngranting the town the right to future annexation through the periodic adoption\nof ordinances shall operate permanently to divest the town of its rights to\nbecome a city.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 85, \u00a7 15.1-1058.5; 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}}