                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CERTIFICATION OF RESULT TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS; PROCURING LAND AND BUILDINGS;
RELOCATION TO CONTIGUOUS OR NEARBY LAND (§ 15.2-1646)

If it appears from the returns that a majority of the votes cast at the election
specified in § 15.2-1644 are for the removal of the courthouse to one of the
places specified in the petition or resolution, the results shall be certified
to the board of supervisors of the county, with the amount authorized to be
expended for land, if not donated, and for necessary buildings and improvements.
If the vote is for removal, the board of supervisors shall at once proceed to
acquire the necessary land at the new location, if the same has not been
donated, and to erect the necessary buildings and improvements.
		The relocation or expansion of a courthouse to (i) land contiguous with its
present location, including contiguous property directly across a public
right-of-way, or (ii) any property within 1,000 feet of the parcel upon which
the courthouse is located, and within the same county, city, or town is not such
a removal as to require authorization by the electorate.
		The provisions of these sections requiring authorization by the electorate
shall not apply, in the case of a joint court system, between Albemarle County
and the City of Charlottesville, James City County and the City of Williamsburg,
York County and the City of Poquoson, and Greensville County and the City of
Emporia, to the relocation of the courthouse to other land within the localities
which it serves, from its present location, if the governing bodies find by
concurrent resolutions that the existing courthouse is inadequate and that
renovation or expansion of the existing courthouse is not feasible.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-45; 1956, c. 95; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-561; 1971, Ex.
Sess., cc. 42, 245; 1975, c. 59; 1976, c. 497; 1994, c. 504; 1997, cc. 587, 598;
2005, c. 36; 2018, c. 582; 2020, c. 139.