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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 587<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":61550,"section_number":"15.2-4700","catch_line":"Short title; application","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-4700\/"},{"id":67778,"section_number":"15.2-4702","catch_line":"Creation of district","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-4702\/"}],"permalink":{"id":158255,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61162,"identifier":"15.2-4716","token":"15.2\/IV\/47\/3\/15.2-4716","url":"\/15.2-4716\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-4716\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/47\/3\/15.2-4716","dublin_core":{"Title":"Validation of districts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-4716","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All proceedings held in the creation of any district<\/span> or districts<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-4702<\/a> prior to January 1, 1992, are hereby ratified, validated, and confirmed, and any such districts<\/span> so created pursuant to Article 1 (\u00a7 15.2-4700<\/a> et seq.) are declared hereby to have been validly created, notwithstanding any defects or irregularities in the creation of any such district<\/span> or in the selection or appointment of the commission<\/span> or the advisory board<\/span> of any such district<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVALIDATION OF DISTRICTS (\u00a7 15.2-4716)\n\nAll proceedings held in the creation of any district or districts pursuant to \u00a7\n15.2-4702 prior to January 1, 1992, are hereby ratified, validated, and\nconfirmed, and any such districts so created pursuant to Article 1 (\u00a7 15.2-4700\net seq.) are declared hereby to have been validly created, notwithstanding any\ndefects or irregularities in the creation of any such district or in the\nselection or appointment of the commission or the advisory board of any such\ndistrict.\n\nHISTORY: 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}}