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A copy of the notice and ordinance, or a descriptive summary of the notice and ordinance and a reference to the place within the town where copies of the notice and ordinance may be examined, shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the town. The proof of service or certificate of service of the notice and ordinance shall be returned after service to the clerk of the circuit court. When the publication of the notice and ordinance is completed, the case shall be docketed for entry of the referendum order. Certification of the owner, editor or manager of the newspaper publishing the notice and ordinance shall be proof of publication.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":241280,"text":"Upon adoption of the ordinance required by \u00a7 15.2-3702, the town shall serve notice on the attorney for the Commonwealth, or on the county attorney, if there is one, and on the chairman of the governing body of the county or counties in which the town is located that it will, on a given day, not less than thirty days thereafter, move the circuit court for an order as provided by \u00a7 15.2-3702. A copy of the notice and ordinance, or a descriptive summary of the notice and ordinance and a reference to the place within the town where copies of the notice and ordinance may be examined, shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the town. 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This law was first created in 1992. 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 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":73165,"section_number":"15.2-3702","catch_line":"Ordinance required","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3702\/"}],"permalink":{"id":157517,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66489,"identifier":"15.2-3703","token":"15.2\/III\/37\/15.2-3703","url":"\/15.2-3703\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-3703\/","token":"15.2\/III\/37\/15.2-3703","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notice of motion; service and publication; docketing","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-3703","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon adoption of the ordinance<\/span> required by \u00a7 15.2-3702<\/a>, the town<\/span> shall serve notice on the attorney for the Commonwealth, or on the county<\/span> attorney, if there is one, and on the chairman of the governing body<\/span> of the county<\/span> or counties in which the town<\/span> is located that it will, on a given day, not less than thirty days thereafter, move the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> for an order<\/span> as provided by \u00a7 15.2-3702<\/a>. A copy of the notice and ordinance<\/span>, or a descriptive summary of the notice and ordinance<\/span> and a reference to the place within the town<\/span> where copies of the notice and ordinance<\/span> may be examined, shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the town<\/span>. The proof of service<\/span> or certificate of service of the notice and ordinance<\/span> shall be returned after service to the clerk of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span>. When the publication of the notice and ordinance<\/span> is completed, the case shall be docketed for entry of the referendum<\/span> order<\/span>. Certification of the owner, editor or manager of the newspaper publishing the notice and ordinance<\/span> shall be proof of publication.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTICE OF MOTION; SERVICE AND PUBLICATION; DOCKETING (\u00a7 15.2-3703)\n\nUpon adoption of the ordinance required by \u00a7 15.2-3702, the town shall serve\nnotice on the attorney for the Commonwealth, or on the county attorney, if there\nis one, and on the chairman of the governing body of the county or counties in\nwhich the town is located that it will, on a given day, not less than thirty\ndays thereafter, move the circuit court for an order as provided by \u00a7\n15.2-3702. A copy of the notice and ordinance, or a descriptive summary of the\nnotice and ordinance and a reference to the place within the town where copies\nof the notice and ordinance may be examined, shall be published at least once a\nweek for four successive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the\ntown. The proof of service or certificate of service of the notice and ordinance\nshall be returned after service to the clerk of the circuit court. When the\npublication of the notice and ordinance is completed, the case shall be docketed\nfor entry of the referendum order. Certification of the owner, editor or manager\nof the newspaper publishing the notice and ordinance shall be proof of\npublication.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 453, \u00a7 15.1-965.31; 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}}