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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>354035</law_id><section_number>21-296</section_number><catch_line>Circulation of duplicate originals of petition</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="6" identifier="6">Drainage Projects</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>For the convenience of the petitioners, duplicate originals of the same <span class="dictionary">petition</span> may be circulated and separately signed by the several petitioners without the others being present, which the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall treat in all respects as if the signatures had been placed upon the same copy at the same time.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 1738; 1924, p. 708; 1926, p. 606.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
