                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONFLICTING PETITIONS FOR SAME TERRITORY; PETITION SEEKING TERRITORY LYING IN
TWO OR MORE COUNTIES; PROCEDURE (§ 15.2-3206)

A. When proceedings for the annexation of territory to a city or town are
pending and a petition is filed seeking the annexation of the same territory or
a portion thereof to another city or town the case shall be heard by the court
in which the original proceedings are pending. The court shall consolidate the
cases, hear them together, and make such decision as is just, taking into
consideration the interests of all parties to each case.

B. When the territory sought by a city or town lies in two or more counties, all
such counties shall be made parties defendant to the case. The motion or
petition shall be addressed to the circuit court for the county in which the
larger part of the territory is located. The provisions of this article shall
apply, mutatis, mutandis, to any such proceedings.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-152.7; 1952, c. 328; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-1037; 1997,
c. 587.