At least thirty days before instituting a proceeding for a grant of city status, a town shall serve notice on the county attorney, or if there is none, on the attorney for the Commonwealth, and on the chairman of the board of supervisors of the county or counties within which the town lies that it will, on a given day, petition the circuit court for a grant of city status. The notice served on each official shall include a certified copy of the ordinance. A copy of the notice and ordinance, or a descriptive summary of the notice and ordinance and a reference to the place within the town where copies of the notice and ordinance may be examined, shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the town and county, or counties, in which the town is situated. The notice and ordinance shall be returned after service to the clerk of the circuit court. Certification from the owner, editor or manager of the newspaper publishing the notice and ordinance shall be proof of publication.
1979, c. 85, § 15.1-982.3; 1997, c. 587.
Structure 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
§ 15.2-3802. Town and county agreement concerning proposed city
§ 15.2-3803. Notice of motion; service and publication; answer or other pleading
§ 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
§ 15.2-3810. 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
§ 15.2-3818. 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
§ 15.2-3827. Transfer of assessments to city books
§ 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