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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 881 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 1988 \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":false,"permalink":{"id":157885,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58976,"identifier":"15.2-4118","token":"15.2\/III\/41\/15.2-4118","url":"\/15.2-4118\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-4118\/","token":"15.2\/III\/41\/15.2-4118","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect on pending suits","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-4118","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If at the time a city<\/span> becomes a town<\/span> under the provisions of this chapter there are any pending actions or proceedings by or against the city<\/span>, or if after a city<\/span> becomes a town<\/span> under the provisions of this chapter an action or proceeding out of a cause of action<\/span> which arose prior to the time the city<\/span> became a town<\/span>, which but for said transition would have been by or against the city<\/span>, is instituted, the resulting town<\/span> shall be substituted in place of the city<\/span> and the action or proceeding may be perfected to judgment<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT ON PENDING SUITS (\u00a7 15.2-4118)\n\nIf at the time a city becomes a town under the provisions of this chapter there\nare any pending actions or proceedings by or against the city, or if after a\ncity becomes a town under the provisions of this chapter an action or proceeding\nout of a cause of action which arose prior to the time the city became a town,\nwhich but for said transition would have been by or against the city, is\ninstituted, the resulting town shall be substituted in place of the city and the\naction or proceeding may be perfected to judgment.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 881, \u00a7 15.1-965.25; 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}}