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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 453 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 1992 \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":false,"permalink":{"id":157505,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65033,"identifier":"15.2-3700","token":"15.2\/III\/37\/15.2-3700","url":"\/15.2-3700\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-3700\/","token":"15.2\/III\/37\/15.2-3700","dublin_core":{"Title":"Towns may annul charters","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-3700","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A <span class=\"dictionary\">town<\/span> may annul its charter in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTOWNS MAY ANNUL CHARTERS (\u00a7 15.2-3700)\n\nA town may annul its charter in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 453, \u00a7 15.1-965.28; 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}}