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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71173</law_id><section_number>15.2-3223</section_number><catch_line>What order and proceedings clerk to certify, and where same shall be recorded; fees</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>The clerk of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> wherein an <span class="dictionary">order</span> is entered for the annexation of territory shall make and certify copies of so much of the <span class="dictionary">order</span> and proceedings as shall show the authorization of the transfer of territory from the <span class="dictionary">county</span> or <span class="dictionary">town</span> to the <span class="dictionary">city</span> or <span class="dictionary">town</span>, as the case may be. He shall transmit one copy, along with a full description of the territory so annexed, to the <span class="dictionary">county</span> clerk of the <span class="dictionary">county</span> whose territory is affected, who shall forthwith record the same in the name of the <span class="dictionary">city</span> or <span class="dictionary">town</span> to which the territory is annexed, and one copy to the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> of such <span class="dictionary">city</span> in which deeds are recorded, who shall likewise record and index the same. The fees of the clerk for such recordation shall be the same as for recording a deed and such fees, as well as the fees of the clerk for making the copies aforesaid, shall be paid by the <span class="dictionary">city</span> or <span class="dictionary">town</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-152.21; 1952, c. 328; 1962, c. 623, &#xA7; 15.1-1051; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
