General Provisions

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This is Chapter 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “General Provisions.” It is part of Subtitle I “General Provisions; Charters; Other Forms and Organization of Counties”, which is part of Title 15.2 “Counties, Cities and Towns”. It contains 15 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 15 sections.

§ 15.2-100	Charter powers not affected by title
§ 15.2-101	Certain laws and ordinances not affected by repeal of Title 15.1; validation of laws and ordinances adopted under § 15.1-522
§ 15.2-102	Definitions
§ 15.2-103	Name "Mount Vernon" reserved
§ 15.2-104	Liens against real estate
§ 15.2-105	Penalty and interest for failure to pay accounts when due
§ 15.2-106	Ordinances providing fee for passing bad checks to localities
§ 15.2-107	Advertisement and enactment of certain fees and levies
§ 15.2-107.1	Advertisement of legal notices on web sites
§ 15.2-107.2	Alternative method for local government to give notice by mail
§ 15.2-108	Repealed
§ 15.2-108.1	Local fees charged to places of worship
§ 15.2-109	Regulations on political campaign signs
§ 15.2-110	Authority to require approval by common interest community association
§ 15.2-111	Rescheduling or continuing meetings for weather