Code of Virginia (Last Updated:July 28, 2020) |
TITLE 15.2. Counties, Cities and Towns |
SUBTITLE III. Boundary Adjustments and Changes of Status of Counties, Cities and Towns |
CHAPTER 36. Incorporation of Towns By Judicial Proceeding |
SECTION 15.2-3603. Request for charter |
At the session of the General Assembly following its incorporation, the town shall request the General Assembly to grant it a charter. No judge shall grant a town a charter. Until a town is granted a charter by the General Assembly, the town's affairs shall be conducted exclusively under the provisions of general law. 1980, c. 45, § 15.1-967.2; 1997, c. 587. |