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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62653</law_id><section_number>1-224</section_number><catch_line>Municipality; incorporated communities; municipal corporation</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>33.2-100</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="2.1">Common Law and Rules of Construction</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Rules of Construction and Definitions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>&#x201C;Municipality,&#x201D; &#x201C;incorporated communities,&#x201D; &#x201C;municipal corporation,&#x201D; and words or terms of similar import mean cities and towns.</p></section></text><history>2005, c. 839.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
