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This law was first created in 1996. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 641<\/a> and 649<\/a> 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. 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":63000,"section_number":"15.2-2907","catch_line":"Actions for annexation, immunity, establishment of city, etc.; investigations and reports by Commission; negotiation","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2907\/"}],"permalink":{"id":157881,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68768,"identifier":"15.2-4117","token":"15.2\/III\/41\/15.2-4117","url":"\/15.2-4117\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-4117\/","token":"15.2\/III\/41\/15.2-4117","dublin_core":{"Title":"Temporary restriction on annexation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-4117","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

For a period of two years from the effective date of a court order<\/span> granting town<\/span> status to a city<\/span> making the transition from city<\/span> status to town<\/span> status, the town<\/span> shall not file an annexation notice with the Commission on Local Government<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-2907<\/a>, nor shall it institute an annexation court action against any county<\/span>. However, the foregoing shall not prohibit the institution of nor require the stay<\/span> of an annexation proceeding or the filing of an annexation notice for the purpose of implementing an annexation agreement, provided that the extent, terms and conditions of such agreement have been agreed upon by the governing bodies of the county<\/span> and the town<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTEMPORARY RESTRICTION ON ANNEXATION (\u00a7 15.2-4117)\n\nFor a period of two years from the effective date of a court order granting town\nstatus to a city making the transition from city status to town status, the town\nshall not file an annexation notice with the Commission on Local Government\npursuant to \u00a7 15.2-2907, nor shall it institute an annexation court action\nagainst any county. However, the foregoing shall not prohibit the institution of\nnor require the stay of an annexation proceeding or the filing of an annexation\nnotice for the purpose of implementing an annexation agreement, provided that\nthe extent, terms and conditions of such agreement have been agreed upon by the\ngoverning bodies of the county and the town.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, cc. 641, 649, \u00a7 15.1-965.24:2; 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}}