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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1962, chapter 623; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2024, chapters 225<\/a> and 242<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":60605,"section_number":"15.2-3502","catch_line":"Agreement for consolidation","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3502\/"}],"permalink":{"id":157287,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84601,"identifier":"15.2-3504","token":"15.2\/III\/35\/1\/15.2-3504","url":"\/15.2-3504\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-3504\/","token":"15.2\/III\/35\/1\/15.2-3504","dublin_core":{"Title":"Publication of agreement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-3504","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The governing body<\/span> of each of the consolidating localities shall cause a copy of the consolidation<\/span> agreement, or a descriptive summary of the agreement and a reference to the place within the locality<\/span> where a copy of the agreement may be examined, to be published in each locality<\/span> with which it is proposed to consolidate three times in a newspaper having a general circulation therein, with the first notice appearing no more than 35 days before and the third notice appearing no less than seven days before the adoption of the consolidated agreement in accordance with \u00a7 15.2-3502<\/a>. A copy of the agreement shall be available for public inspection at the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> clerk’s office of each of the consolidating localities.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPUBLICATION OF AGREEMENT (\u00a7 15.2-3504)\n\nThe governing body of each of the consolidating localities shall cause a copy of\nthe consolidation agreement, or a descriptive summary of the agreement and a\nreference to the place within the locality where a copy of the agreement may be\nexamined, to be published in each locality with which it is proposed to\nconsolidate three times in a newspaper having a general circulation therein,\nwith the first notice appearing no more than 35 days before and the third notice\nappearing no less than seven days before the adoption of the consolidated\nagreement in accordance with \u00a7 15.2-3502. A copy of the agreement shall be\navailable for public inspection at the circuit court clerk’s office of\neach of the consolidating localities.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-165; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-1074; 1997, c. 587; 2024,\ncc. 225, 242.","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}}