                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REQUEST FOR CHARTER (§ 15.2-3603)

At the session of the General Assembly following its incorporation, the town
shall request the General Assembly to grant it a charter.
		No judge shall grant a town a charter. Until a town is granted a charter by
the General Assembly, the town&#8217;s affairs shall be conducted exclusively
under the provisions of general law.

HISTORY: 1980, c. 45, § 15.1-967.2; 1997, c. 587.