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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>348394</law_id><section_number>15.2-4111</section_number><catch_line>Effective date of transition</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="12" identifier="41">Transition of City to Town Status</unit></structure><text>
						<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></text><history>1988, c. 881, &#xA7; 15.1-965.21; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
