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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>348108</law_id><section_number>15.2-2653</section_number><catch_line>Contesting issuance of bonds; notice and hearing; service on member of governing body, etc</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-2654</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="46" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="21" identifier="26">Public Finance Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="6" identifier="6">Judicial Determination of Validity of Bonds</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person, corporation, or association desiring to contest the issuance of any <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span> pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or any other <span class="dictionary">law</span>, general or special, shall proceed by filing a <span class="dictionary">motion for judgment</span> within thirty days after the filing of the resolution or <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> authorizing the issuance of the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span> with the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> having <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> over the issuer, or in contesting the validity of a <span class="dictionary">petition</span> for or the results of a <span class="dictionary">referendum</span>, within thirty days after the date that the result of the election for the issuance of the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span> is certified, in the <span class="dictionary">court</span> having <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Proceeding by political subdivision to establish validity; procedure; parties defendant" href="/15.2-2651/">15.2-2651</a>. For <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">bonds</span></span> which are not authorized pursuant to a <span class="dictionary">referendum</span>, or for which the authorizing resolution or <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> is not required to be filed with the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span>, the contestant shall proceed by filing a <span class="dictionary">motion for judgment</span> within thirty days after the adoption of the authorizing resolution or <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>. Upon the filing of a <span class="dictionary">motion for judgment</span>, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall fix a time and place for <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> the proceeding and shall enter an <span class="dictionary">order</span> requiring the publication of the <span class="dictionary">motion for judgment</span> or a summary of it approved by the <span class="dictionary">court</span>, together with the <span class="dictionary">order</span> setting forth the time and place of the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>, twice in a newspaper published or having general circulation in the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> where the issuer is located, with the first notice appearing no more than 28 days before and the second notice appearing no less than seven days before the date fixed for the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>. In addition to such publication, the <span class="dictionary">plaintiff</span> shall secure personal service on at least one member of the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of the issuer.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-666.57; 1958, c. 640; 1962, c. 623, &#xA7; 15.1-216; 1979, c. 184; 1991, c. 668, &#xA7; 15.1-227.55; 1994, c. 714; 1997, c. 587; 2023, cc. 506, 507; 2024, cc. 225, 242.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
