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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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":[{"id":60240,"section_number":"24.2-304.4","catch_line":"Mandamus action for failure to reapportion districts or wards","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-304.4\/"}],"permalink":{"id":152359,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56824,"identifier":"15.2-857","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/4\/15.2-857","url":"\/15.2-857\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-857\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/4\/15.2-857","dublin_core":{"Title":"Judicial review; mandamus","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-857","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever the board changes the boundaries, or increases or diminishes the number of districts, or reapportions the representation in the board as prescribed hereinabove, such action shall not be subject to judicial review, except as otherwise provided in \u00a7 24.2-304.4<\/a>. Whenever the board fails to reapportion the representation among the districts of such county<\/span>, or fails to change the boundaries of districts, mandamus shall lie on behalf of any citizen thereof to compel performance by the board.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJUDICIAL REVIEW; MANDAMUS (\u00a7 15.2-857)\n\nWhenever the board changes the boundaries, or increases or diminishes the number\nof districts, or reapportions the representation in the board as prescribed\nhereinabove, such action shall not be subject to judicial review, except as\notherwise provided in \u00a7 24.2-304.4. Whenever the board fails to reapportion the\nrepresentation among the districts of such county, or fails to change the\nboundaries of districts, mandamus shall lie on behalf of any citizen thereof to\ncompel performance by the board.\n\nHISTORY: 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 201, \u00a7 15.1-788.1; 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}}