                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SUITS AND PROSECUTIONS (§ 15.2-3512)

From and after the date when consolidation becomes effective, all indictments
and prosecutions for crimes committed or ordinances violated and all suits or
causes of action arising within the territory of the consolidated locality may
be instituted in the county, city or town with the same force and effect as if
consolidation had always been effective.
		Suits may be brought and maintained against a consolidated locality in any of
the courts of this Commonwealth in the same manner as against any other
locality.
		Any action or proceeding pending by or against any of the consolidating
localities may be prosecuted to judgment as if such consolidation had not taken
place, or the consolidated locality may be substituted in its place.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 15-171, 15-216; 1962, c. 623, §§ 15.1-1080,
15.1-1126; 1997, c. 587.