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It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1962, chapter 623; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":152097,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70678,"identifier":"15.2-748","token":"15.2\/I\/7\/2\/15.2-748","url":"\/15.2-748\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-748\/","token":"15.2\/I\/7\/2\/15.2-748","dublin_core":{"Title":"Annexation by city","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-748","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No part of a <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span>&#8217;s territory may be annexed by any <span class=\"dictionary\">city<\/span> unless the whole <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> be annexed. In such latter case the <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> shall not be annexed until the question of annexation has been first submitted to a <span class=\"dictionary\">referendum<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">voters<\/span> of such <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> and approved by a majority of those voting thereon.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nANNEXATION BY CITY (\u00a7 15.2-748)\n\nNo part of a county&#8217;s territory may be annexed by any city unless the\nwhole county be annexed. 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