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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0249\">249<\/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":[{"id":73873,"section_number":"2.2-508","catch_line":"Legal service in certain redistricting proceedings","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-508\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":73873,"section_number":"2.2-508","catch_line":"Legal service in certain redistricting proceedings","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-508\/"}],"permalink":{"id":187739,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59738,"identifier":"24.2-304.5","token":"24.2\/3\/2.1\/24.2-304.5","url":"\/24.2-304.5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-304.5\/","token":"24.2\/3\/2.1\/24.2-304.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notification of certain civil actions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-304.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any county, city, or town made a <span class=\"dictionary\">defendant<\/span> in any <span class=\"dictionary\">civil action<\/span> challenging the legality of its <span class=\"dictionary\">election district<\/span> boundaries shall immediately notify the <span class=\"dictionary\">Attorney General<\/span> of the pending <span class=\"dictionary\">civil action<\/span> for review pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Legal service in certain redistricting proceedings\" href=\"\/2.2-508\/\">2.2-508<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTIFICATION OF CERTAIN CIVIL ACTIONS (\u00a7 24.2-304.5)\n\nAny county, city, or town made a defendant in any civil action challenging the\nlegality of its election district boundaries shall immediately notify the\nAttorney General of the pending civil action for review pursuant to \u00a7 2.2-508.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 249.","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}}