                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PUBLICATION OF AGREED BOUNDARY LINE (§ 15.2-3107)

A. Before adopting an agreement pursuant to &#xA7; 15.2-3106, each governing
body shall advertise its intention to approve such an agreement at least once a
week for two successive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in its
locality, and such notice shall include a descriptive summary of the proposed
agreement. The summary shall describe the new boundary, but need not include a
metes and bounds description. The publication shall include a statement that a
copy of the agreement is on file in the office of the clerk of the governing
body which is considering the proposed agreement. A joint publication of the
proposed agreement by the localities which otherwise meets the requirements of
this section shall satisfy this requirement. If joint publication is used, the
publication costs shall be apportioned between the participating localities in
the manner agreed upon by them. After providing the notice required by this
section, each locality shall hold at least one public hearing on the agreement
prior to its adoption.

B. Notice of any agreement as provided in subsection A hereof shall be served
upon the affected property owners, if any, of the area affected by the
agreement, and if the owners of at least one third of the affected parcels
object to the change, they shall be permitted to intervene in the proceedings as
prescribed in &#xA7; 15.2-3108 and show cause why the boundary line should not
be changed. For purposes of this article &#8220;affected parcel&#8221; means a
parcel of real property that is the subject of the boundary relocation or
change, as shown on the current real estate tax assessment records. One notice
sent by first class mail to the last known address of the owners of such parcels
as shown on the current real estate tax assessment books or current real estate
tax assessment records shall be deemed adequate compliance with this
requirement, provided that a representative of each local governing body shall
make affidavit that such mailings have been made and file such affidavit with
the papers in the petition as prescribed in &#xA7; 15.2-3108. Nothing in this
subsection shall be construed as to invalidate any subsequently adopted boundary
line agreement because of the inadvertent failure by the representatives of the
local governments to give written notice to the owner, owners, or their agent of
any parcel involved.

HISTORY: 1977, c. 277, § 15.1-1031.2; 1983, c. 594; 1993, c. 392; 1997, c. 587;
2014, c. 503.