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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>348321</law_id><section_number>15.2-3811</section_number><catch_line>Proceeding final for three years</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="46" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="III">Boundary Adjustments and Changes of Status of Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="9" identifier="38">Transition of Towns to Cities</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If <span class="dictionary">city</span> status is denied a <span class="dictionary">town</span>, or if <span class="dictionary">city</span> status is declined under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Declining of grant of city status" href="/15.2-3810/">15.2-3810</a>, no subsequent proceeding shall be brought under this chapter for three years from the date of the <span class="dictionary">final order</span>.</p></section></text><history>1979, c. 85, &#xA7; 15.1-982.12; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
