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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78407</law_id><section_number>15.2-3900</section_number><catch_line>Transition authorized</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-1301</reference><reference>15.2-1609.7</reference><reference>15.2-2316.2</reference><reference>15.2-3000</reference><reference>15.2-3534</reference><reference>36-132.1</reference></referred_to_by><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="39">Transition of Counties to Cities</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">county</span> in this Commonwealth may become an independent <span class="dictionary">city</span> by complying with the requirements and procedures set forth in this chapter.</p></section></text><history>1979, c. 85, &#xA7; 15.1-977.1; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
