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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>353962</law_id><section_number>21-227</section_number><catch_line>Court proceedings</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="58" identifier="21">Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="4">Sanitation Districts Law of 1946 -- Nontidal Waters</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Wherever in this chapter the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> of any <span class="dictionary">county</span>, or the corporation <span class="dictionary">court</span> of any city, is authorized to accept any <span class="dictionary">petitions</span> or papers, make any <span class="dictionary">order</span>, hold any <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>, hear, consider and determine any question or do any other act or thing, such <span class="dictionary">court</span>, or a <span class="dictionary">judge</span> thereof in vacation, may do and perform the same.</p></section></text><history>1946, p. 365; Michie Suppl. 1946, &#xA7; 1560iii26.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
