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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68768</law_id><section_number>15.2-4117</section_number><catch_line>Temporary restriction on annexation</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="41">Transition of City to Town Status</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>For a period of two years from the effective date of a <span class="dictionary">court order</span> granting <span class="dictionary">town</span> status to a <span class="dictionary">city</span> making the transition from <span class="dictionary">city</span> status to <span class="dictionary">town</span> status, the <span class="dictionary">town</span> shall not file an annexation notice with the Commission on <span class="dictionary">Local Government</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Actions for annexation, immunity, establishment of city, etc.; investigations and reports by Commission; negotiation" href="/15.2-2907/">15.2-2907</a>, nor shall it institute an annexation court action against any <span class="dictionary">county</span>. However, the foregoing shall not prohibit the institution of nor require the <span class="dictionary">stay</span> of an annexation proceeding or the filing of an annexation notice for the purpose of implementing an annexation agreement, provided that the extent, terms and conditions of such agreement have been agreed upon by the governing bodies of the <span class="dictionary">county</span> and the <span class="dictionary">town</span>.</p></section></text><history>1996, cc. 641, 649, &#xA7; 15.1-965.24:2; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
