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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":61104,"section_number":"15.2-3701","catch_line":"Agreement required","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3701\/"},{"id":80316,"section_number":"15.2-3709","catch_line":"Special debt district","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3709\/"}],"permalink":{"id":157549,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66026,"identifier":"15.2-3711","token":"15.2\/III\/37\/15.2-3711","url":"\/15.2-3711\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-3711\/","token":"15.2\/III\/37\/15.2-3711","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect on pending suits","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-3711","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If at the time of annulment<\/span> there are any pending actions or proceedings by or against the town<\/span>, or if after the effective date of annulment<\/span> an action or proceeding out of a cause of action<\/span> which arose prior to the time of annulment<\/span>, which but for the annulment<\/span> would have been by or against the town<\/span>, is instituted, the county<\/span> or counties in which the town<\/span> was located shall be substituted in place thereof and the proceeding may be perfected to judgment<\/span>. The agreement required by \u00a7 15.2-3701<\/a> may provide that if judgment<\/span> against the county<\/span> or counties results from the proceeding, the liability shall be paid by the special debt district as provided in \u00a7 15.2-3709<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT ON PENDING SUITS (\u00a7 15.2-3711)\n\nIf at the time of annulment there are any pending actions or proceedings by or\nagainst the town, or if after the effective date of annulment an action or\nproceeding out of a cause of action which arose prior to the time of annulment,\nwhich but for the annulment would have been by or against the town, is\ninstituted, the county or counties in which the town was located shall be\nsubstituted in place thereof and the proceeding may be perfected to judgment.\nThe agreement required by \u00a7 15.2-3701 may provide that if judgment against the\ncounty or counties results from the proceeding, the liability shall be paid by\nthe special debt district as provided in \u00a7 15.2-3709.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 453, \u00a7 15.1-965.40; 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}}