                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BOUNDARIES OF MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS CONTINUED; CHARTERS NOT TO CONTAIN METES
AND BOUNDS; INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (§ 15.2-207)

The boundaries of municipal corporations remain as now established unless
changed as provided in this title. No charter of any municipal corporation shall
contain the metes and bounds of such municipal corporation, but the boundaries
shall be incorporated therein by reference to the recordation in the
clerk&#8217;s office of the court where deeds are admitted to record of the
final decree or order of the court establishing such boundaries or the act of
the General Assembly by which they are defined. The part of the charter of a
municipal corporation defining its boundaries hereafter amended shall not
contain the metes and bounds of the municipal corporation, but the boundaries
shall be incorporated therein by reference to the recordation of a final decree
or order of court or to a General Assembly act.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15.1-908; 1958, c. 328; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-836.2;
1979, c. 297; 1997, c. 587.