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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61516</law_id><section_number>58.1-3219</section_number><catch_line>Deferral of portion of real estate tax increases</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>58.1-3341</reference><reference>58.1-3940</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Local Taxes</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="32">Real Property Tax</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2.1">Local Deferral of Real Estate Tax</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any county, city, or town may adopt, by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, a deferral program for real estate taxes, in such amount as the <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> may prescribe, subject to the limitations and conditions of this article. The local governing body shall adopt, by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, the terms and conditions of the program and whether the deferral program shall apply only to real estate owned by and occupied as the sole dwelling of the <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span> or whether the program shall apply to all property.</p></section></text><history>1990, cc. 858, 871.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
