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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>348364</law_id><section_number>15.2-3919</section_number><catch_line>Legislative, etc., district and judicial circuit not affected</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="10" identifier="39">Transition of Counties to Cities</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">city</span> formed under the provisions of this chapter shall be and remain a part of the congressional, senatorial and legislative districts, respectively, and of the judicial <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> in which, as a <span class="dictionary">county</span>, it was geographically located, unless otherwise changed by general <span class="dictionary">law</span>.</p></section></text><history>1979, c. 85, &#xA7; 15.1-977.19; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
