Code of Virginia
Chapter 38 - Transition of Towns to Cities
§ 15.2-3800. Ordinance petitioning court for city status; appointment of special court

Any town, except a town located within a county or any portion of a county granted immunity as provided by Chapter 33 (§ 15.2-3300 et seq.) from the incorporation of new cities within its boundaries, may, by ordinance passed by a recorded majority vote of all the members thereof, petition the circuit court for the county within which the town lies, alleging that the town meets the criteria set out in subsection A of § 15.2-3807, for an order granting city status to the town. The circuit court with which the petition is filed shall notify the Supreme Court, which shall appoint a special court to hear the case as prescribed by Chapter 30 (§ 15.2-3000 et seq.) of this title.
1979, c. 85, § 15.1-982.1; 1997, c. 587.

Structure Code of Virginia

Code of Virginia

Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns

Chapter 38 - Transition of Towns to Cities

§ 15.2-3800. Ordinance petitioning court for city status; appointment of special court

§ 15.2-3801. Referendum

§ 15.2-3802. Town and county agreement concerning proposed city

§ 15.2-3803. Notice of motion; service and publication; answer or other pleading

§ 15.2-3804. Parties

§ 15.2-3805. Time limit for intervenors; publication of order

§ 15.2-3806. Pretrial conference; matters considered

§ 15.2-3807. Hearing and decision by court

§ 15.2-3808. Assistance of state agencies

§ 15.2-3809. Appeals

§ 15.2-3810. Declining of grant of city status

§ 15.2-3811. Proceeding final for three years

§ 15.2-3812. Effect when town becomes city

§ 15.2-3813. Town liabilities and assets

§ 15.2-3814. Mayor of town to continue in office

§ 15.2-3815. Council of town to continue in office; additional members

§ 15.2-3816. Town treasurer to continue in office; appointment where town had no treasurer

§ 15.2-3817. Commissioner of revenue or assessor to continue in office; appointment where town had no commissioner or assessor

§ 15.2-3818. Town sergeant to continue in office

§ 15.2-3819. Election and terms of office of mayor and councilmen after town becomes city

§ 15.2-3820. Election and terms of other city officers

§ 15.2-3821. Qualification of officers; vacancies

§ 15.2-3822. Sharing of offices; transfer of jurisdiction

§ 15.2-3823. Tenure and reelection of county officer whose homesite becomes part of city

§ 15.2-3824. Town officers

§ 15.2-3825. Courts

§ 15.2-3826. Appointment of electoral board, sheriff, attorney for the Commonwealth and circuit court clerk

§ 15.2-3827. Transfer of assessments to city books

§ 15.2-3828. State, county and district taxes accruing before transition; county sales and use tax becomes city sales and use tax

§ 15.2-3829. Assumption of debt; adjustment

§ 15.2-3830. Certain costs and expenses to be apportioned between city and county

§ 15.2-3831. Registrars and their duties

§ 15.2-3832. Authority to city to provide by condemnation, etc., water, light, power and fuel

§ 15.2-3833. Chapter not applicable to cities already existing

§ 15.2-3834. Congressional, etc., districts and judicial circuit not changed