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Code of Virginia
Title 15.2. Counties, Cities and Towns
10/4/2022

Title 15.2. Counties, Cities and Towns (2022 Updates)

  • Subtitle I. General Provisions; Charters; Other Forms and Organization of Counties
  • Chapter 8. Urban County Executive Form of Government
    • Article 3. Human Rights
      • § 15.2-853
      Commission on human rights; human rights ordinance
  • Subtitle II. Powers of Local Government
  • Chapter 9. General Powers of Local Governments
    • Article 1. Public Health and Safety; Nuisances
      • § 15.2-911
      Regulation of alarm company operators
      § 15.2-919
      Repealed
    • Article 5. Additional Powers
      • § 15.2-953
      Donations to charitable institutions and associations, volunteer and nonprofit organizations, chambers of commerce, etc.
      § 15.2-961
      Replacement of trees during development process in certain localities
      § 15.2-965
      Human rights ordinances and commissions
      § 15.2-978
      Registration by locality of cemeteries, graveyards, or other places of burial on private property
  • Chapter 15. Local Government Personnel, Qualification for Office, Bonds, Dual Office Holding and Certain Local Government Officers
    • Article 1. General Provisions for Certain Officers and Employees
      • § 15.2-1509
      Preferences for veterans and people with disabilities in local government employment
    • Article 3. Insurance and Legal Defense
      • § 15.2-1517
      Insurance for employees and retired employees of localities and other local governmental entities; participation by certain volunteers
  • Chapter 16. Local Constitutional Officers, Courthouses and Supplies
    • Article 1. Local Constitutional Officers, Courthouses and Supplies
      • § 15.2-1604
      Appointment of deputies and employment of employees; discriminatory practices by certain officers; civil penalty
    • Article 4. Attorney for the Commonwealth
      • § 15.2-1627.4
      (Effective until September 1, 2022) Coordination of multidisciplinary response to sexual assault
      § 15.2-1627.4
      (Effective September 1, 2022) Coordination of multidisciplinary response to sexual assault
  • Chapter 17. Police and Public Order
    • Article 3. Auxiliary Police Forces in Localities
      • § 15.2-1731
      Establishment, etc., authorized; powers, authority and immunities generally
      § 15.2-1734
      Calling auxiliary police officers into service; police officers performing service to wear uniform; exception
      § 15.2-1735
      Acting beyond limits of jurisdiction of locality
      § 15.2-1736
      Mutual aid agreements among governing bodies of localities
  • Chapter 19. Condemnation
  • Chapter 21. Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities
    • Article 7. Miscellaneous Services, Etc., in Certain Localities
      • § 15.2-2159
      Fee for solid waste disposal by counties
  • Chapter 22. Planning, Subdivision of Land and Zoning
    • Article 1. General Provisions
      • § 15.2-2201
      Definitions
      § 15.2-2202
      Duties of state agencies; electric utilities
      § 15.2-2204
      Advertisement of plans, ordinances, etc.; joint public hearings; written notice of certain amendments
    • Article 3. The Comprehensive Plan
      • § 15.2-2232
      Legal status of plan
    • Article 6. Land Subdivision and Development
      • § 15.2-2243
      Payment by subdivider of the pro rata share of the cost of certain facilities
    • Article 7. Zoning
      • § 15.2-2308
      Boards of zoning appeals to be created; membership, organization, etc.
  • Chapter 25. Budgets, Audits and Reports
  • Chapter 27. Local Government Group Self-Insurance Pools
  • Subtitle III. Boundary Adjustments and Changes of Status of Counties, Cities and Towns
  • Chapter 41. Transition of City to Town Status
    • § 15.2-4115.1
      Disposition of police department or sheriff's department motorcycles
  • Subtitle IV. Other Governmental Entities
  • Chapter 49. Industrial Development and Revenue Bond Act
    • § 15.2-4901
      Purpose of chapter
      § 15.2-4904
      Directors; qualifications; terms; vacancies; compensation and expenses; quorum; records; certification and distribution of report concerning bond issuance
  • Chapter 51. Virginia Water and Waste Authorities Act
  • Chapter 64. Virginia Regional Industrial Facilities Act