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Code of Virginia
Title 15.2 - COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNSSubtitle III - BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS AND CHANGES OF STATUS OF COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNSChapter 32 - BOUNDARY CHANGES OF TOWNS AND CITIES
Article 1 - ANNEXATION
Section 15.2-3228 - County not to be reduced to insufficient area, population or sources of revenue

Va. Code § 15.2-3228

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Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through ch. 845
Section 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.

Va. Code § 15.2-3228

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