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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84911</law_id><section_number>15.2-3220</section_number><catch_line>Mandamus and prohibition</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="III">Boundary Adjustments and Changes of Status of Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="32">Boundary Changes of Towns and Cities</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Annexation</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Mandamus and prohibition shall lie from the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span> or any <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> to compel a <span class="dictionary">city</span> or <span class="dictionary">town</span> to carry out the provisions of this article or to forbid any violation of the same.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-152.18; 1952, c. 328; 1962, c. 623, &#xA7; 15.1-1048; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
