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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84668</law_id><section_number>15.2-1648</section_number><catch_line>Donation of land and money</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="16">Local Constitutional Officers, Courthouses and Supplies</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="8">Courthouses</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">town</span> or individual may donate to the <span class="dictionary">county</span> the land necessary for its uses at any of the locations named in the <span class="dictionary">petition</span>, which shall not be less than one acre, and may offer as an inducement for such removal such sum of money as may be desired. Any offer to donate the land shall be accompanied by a deed for the land, to be regularly executed and placed in the hands of the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">county</span>. Any offer of money shall be accompanied by a certified check or other satisfactory security to be likewise placed in the hands of the clerk to be delivered by him to the treasurer of the <span class="dictionary">county</span>. If the location stated in the deed or offer of money is selected by the <span class="dictionary">voters</span>, the treasurer shall record the deed and collect and place the fund to the credit of the <span class="dictionary">county</span> to be drawn on by the <span class="dictionary">board of supervisors</span> as hereinafter directed.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-47; 1962, c. 623, &#xA7; 15.1-563; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
