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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64798</law_id><section_number>15.2-2511.1</section_number><catch_line>Return of local surplus funds</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="25">Budgets, Audits and Reports</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">locality</span> may by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> develop a method for returning surplus real or personal property tax revenues, or both, to taxpayers who are assessed such taxes in any fiscal year in which the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> reports a surplus. The <span class="dictionary">locality</span> may reduce a taxpayer&#x2019;s refund by the amount of any taxes, penalties, and interest that are due from such taxpayer, or any past-due taxes, penalties, and interest that have been assessed within the appropriate period of limitations.</p></section></text><history>2001, c. 246; 2005, c. 835; 2022, cc. 165, 166.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
