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This law was first created in 2011. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 127<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1378323,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347190,"identifier":"15.2-107.2","token":"15.2\/I\/1\/15.2-107.2","url":"\/15.2-107.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-107.2\/","token":"15.2\/I\/1\/15.2-107.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Alternative method for local government to give notice by mail","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-107.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding any other provision of law<\/span>, general or special, a locality<\/span> may give notice by regular mail in any instance in which two or more notices are required for the same action, the first notice is required to be sent by certified or registered mail, and at least one notice has previously been sent by certified or registered mail. Such notice shall be sent to the last address available through government records.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO GIVE NOTICE BY MAIL (\u00a7 15.2-107.2)\n\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, general or special, a locality may\ngive notice by regular mail in any instance in which two or more notices are\nrequired for the same action, the first notice is required to be sent by\ncertified or registered mail, and at least one notice has previously been sent\nby certified or registered mail. Such notice shall be sent to the last address\navailable through government records.\n\nHISTORY: 2011, c. 127.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}