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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">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":83114,"section_number":"15.2-300","catch_line":"Adoption of optional forms of county government; inconsistent provisions of law","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-300\/"}],"permalink":{"id":151507,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64981,"identifier":"15.2-501","token":"15.2\/I\/5\/1\/15.2-501","url":"\/15.2-501\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-501\/","token":"15.2\/I\/5\/1\/15.2-501","dublin_core":{"Title":"Adoption of county executive form","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-501","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> may adopt the <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> executive form of government in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Adoption of optional forms of county government; inconsistent provisions of law\" href=\"\/15.2-300\/\">15.2-300<\/a> et seq.).<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADOPTION OF COUNTY EXECUTIVE FORM (\u00a7 15.2-501)\n\nAny county may adopt the county executive form of government in accordance with\nthe provisions of Chapter 3 (\u00a7 15.2-300 et seq.).\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}}