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Table of Contents » Title 15.2. Counties, Cities and Towns » Subtitle III. Boundary Adjustments and Changes of Status of Counties, Cities and Towns » Chapter 32. Boundary Changes of Towns and Cities » Article 1. Annexation » § 15.2-3228. County not to be reduced to insufficient area, population or sources of revenue

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Code of Virginia
Title 15.2. Counties, Cities and Towns
Chapter 32. Boundary Changes of Towns and Cities

11/4/2024

§ 15.2-3228. County not to be reduced to insufficient area, population or sources of revenue.

If, as the result of an annexation, the area remaining in a county (i) would be reduced below sixty square miles, excluding property owned by the United States of America, or (ii) would otherwise be insufficient in area, population, or sources of revenue to adequately support the county government and schools, then the annexation shall not be decreed unless the whole county is annexed.

Code 1950, § 15-152.26; 1952, c. 328; 1960, c. 519; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-1056; 1997, c. 587.

The chapters of the acts of assembly referenced in the historical citation at the end of this section may not constitute a comprehensive list of such chapters and may exclude chapters whose provisions have expired.