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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58569</law_id><section_number>15.2-4003</section_number><catch_line>Investigation by special court; public hearing</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="40">Judicial Determination of City Status</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A special <span class="dictionary">court</span> appointed pursuant to this chapter shall investigate all matters contained in the report certified to the <span class="dictionary">court</span> under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Report from Commission to be certified to circuit court; appointment of special court" href="/15.2-4002/">15.2-4002</a>, and any other matters it deems pertinent to the purpose of the inquiry. The <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall fix a time and place for a public <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> on such report.</p></section></text><history>1971, Ex. Sess., c. 140, &#xA7; 15.1-965.6; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
