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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75370</law_id><section_number>15.2-4000</section_number><catch_line>Enjoyment of city status until requirements of chapter fulfilled</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-3000</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="40">Judicial Determination of City Status</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A <span class="dictionary">city</span> which no longer qualifies for <span class="dictionary">city</span> status under Article VII, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia shall change to <span class="dictionary">town</span> status under the provisions of this chapter. Until the <span class="dictionary">court</span> enters an <span class="dictionary">order</span> under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Determination of city status" href="/15.2-4004/">15.2-4004</a> for such change, a <span class="dictionary">city</span> shall enjoy all the rights and obligations of <span class="dictionary">city</span> status.</p></section></text><history>1971, Ex. Sess., c. 140, &#xA7; 15.1-965.1; 1988, c. 881; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
