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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 881 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. Unfortunately, the 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1384855,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348394,"identifier":"15.2-4111","token":"15.2\/III\/41\/15.2-4111","url":"\/15.2-4111\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-4111\/","token":"15.2\/III\/41\/15.2-4111","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effective date of transition","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-4111","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The special <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> in its <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> granting <span class=\"dictionary\">town<\/span> status shall specify the effective date of transition from <span class=\"dictionary\">city<\/span> status to <span class=\"dictionary\">town<\/span> status, but in no event shall such date be sooner than six months from the date of the <span class=\"dictionary\">court order<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECTIVE DATE OF TRANSITION (\u00a7 15.2-4111)\n\nThe special court in its order granting town status shall specify the effective\ndate of transition from city status to town status, but in no event shall such\ndate be sooner than six months from the date of the court order.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 881, \u00a7 15.1-965.21; 1997, c. 587.","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"}}