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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79777</law_id><section_number>15.2-3235</section_number><catch_line>Appeal</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="2">Agreements Defining Annexation Rights</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any order of the Commission regarding future annexation rights of a <span class="dictionary">town</span> shall become final unless either the <span class="dictionary">town</span> or the <span class="dictionary">county</span> or five percent of the registered <span class="dictionary">voters</span> in either <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>, within thirty days of the entry of the order, <span class="dictionary">petition</span> the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> to review such order. The <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> with which the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> is filed shall notify the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span>, which shall appoint a special <span class="dictionary">court</span> to hear the case as provided by Chapter 30 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Special court to hear certain cases" href="/15.2-3000/">15.2-3000</a> et seq.) of this title. The special <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall review such decision and enter any order it deems appropriate. A <span class="dictionary">final order</span> of either the Commission or the <span class="dictionary">court</span> granting the <span class="dictionary">town</span> the right to future annexation through the periodic adoption of <span class="dictionary">ordinances</span> shall operate permanently to divest the <span class="dictionary">town</span> of its rights to become a <span class="dictionary">city</span>.</p></section></text><history>1979, c. 85, &#xA7; 15.1-1058.5; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
