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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84384</law_id><section_number>15.2-1652</section_number><catch_line>Form of ballots for county election on removal and appropriation; certificate of electoral board</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>The ballots used in the election required by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Petition for removal of county courthouse; writ of election" href="/15.2-1644/">15.2-1644</a> shall be as follows:
		&#x201C;Shall the courthouse be removed to&#x2026;&#x2026;&#x2026;, and shall the <span class="dictionary">Board of Supervisors</span> be permitted to spend $&#x2026;.. therefor?
		[ ] Yes
		[ ] No&#x201D;
		The manner of ascertaining the vote and making returns thereof shall conform in all respects to the requirements of the general election <span class="dictionary">law</span>, except that the certificate of the electoral board shall be as follows:
		&#x201C;We hereby certify, that at the election held on the&#x2026;&#x2026;&#x2026;. day of&#x2026;&#x2026;&#x2026;, 20&#x2026;.., upon the question of removing the courthouse to&#x2026;&#x2026;&#x2026;. and permitting the expenditure of $&#x2026;.. therefor,&#x2026;.. votes were cast Yes; and&#x2026;.. votes were cast No.&#x201D;</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-51; 1962, c. 623, &#xA7; 15.1-567; 1971, Ex. Sess., cc. 42, 245; 1977, c. 306; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
