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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 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 1984, chapter 695; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":157233,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64890,"identifier":"15.2-3303","token":"15.2\/III\/33\/15.2-3303","url":"\/15.2-3303\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-3303\/","token":"15.2\/III\/33\/15.2-3303","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notice of determination by court; effect on other proceedings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-3303","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The clerk of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> shall give notice of the court<\/span>’s determination of a county<\/span>’s or tier-city<\/span>’s eligibility for immunity to any court<\/span> in which proceedings were stayed pending a determination of county<\/span> or tier-city<\/span> immunity. If county<\/span> or tier-city<\/span> immunity is granted by order<\/span> of the court<\/span>, any suits stayed pending a determination of such immunity shall be dismissed. If county<\/span> or tier-city<\/span> immunity is not granted by order<\/span> of the court<\/span>, such stays<\/span> shall be dissolved.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTICE OF DETERMINATION BY COURT; EFFECT ON OTHER PROCEEDINGS (\u00a7 15.2-3303)\n\nThe clerk of the circuit court shall give notice of the court’s\ndetermination of a county’s or tier-city’s eligibility for immunity\nto any court in which proceedings were stayed pending a determination of county\nor tier-city immunity. If county or tier-city immunity is granted by order of\nthe court, any suits stayed pending a determination of such immunity shall be\ndismissed. If county or tier-city immunity is not granted by order of the court,\nsuch stays shall be dissolved.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 85, \u00a7 15.1-977.22; 1984, c. 695; 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}}