                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONTESTING ISSUANCE OF BONDS; NOTICE AND HEARING; SERVICE ON MEMBER OF GOVERNING
BODY, ETC (§ 15.2-2653)

Any person, corporation, or association desiring to contest the issuance of any
bonds pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or any other law, general or
special, shall proceed by filing a motion for judgment within thirty days after
the filing of the resolution or ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds
with the circuit court having jurisdiction over the issuer, or in contesting the
validity of a petition for or the results of a referendum, within thirty days
after the date that the result of the election for the issuance of the bonds is
certified, in the court having jurisdiction as provided in § 15.2-2651. For
bonds which are not authorized pursuant to a referendum, or for which the
authorizing resolution or ordinance is not required to be filed with the circuit
court, the contestant shall proceed by filing a motion for judgment within
thirty days after the adoption of the authorizing resolution or ordinance. Upon
the filing of a motion for judgment, the court shall fix a time and place for
hearing the proceeding and shall enter an order requiring the publication of the
motion for judgment or a summary of it approved by the court, together with the
order setting forth the time and place of the hearing, twice in a newspaper
published or having general circulation in the jurisdiction where the issuer is
located, with the first notice appearing no more than 28 days before and the
second notice appearing no less than seven days before the date fixed for the
hearing. In addition to such publication, the plaintiff shall secure personal
service on at least one member of the governing body of the issuer.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-666.57; 1958, c. 640; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-216; 1979,
c. 184; 1991, c. 668, § 15.1-227.55; 1994, c. 714; 1997, c. 587; 2023, cc. 506,
507; 2024, cc. 225, 242.