Code of Virginia - Title 15.2 Counties, Cities And Towns - Section 15.2-3242 Parties defendant and publication of such petition

§ 15.2-3242. Parties defendant and publication of such petition

The county in which the part of the town proposed to be abandoned under § 15.2-3241 is located shall be named as defendant to the petition. Satisfactory proof that the petition, or a descriptive summary of the petition along with a reference to the place in the town where the petition may be examined, has been published in a newspaper having general circulation in the county or town once a week for four successive weeks and has been posted at the front door of the courthouse of the county for a like period shall be filed with the petition. A statement in the publication to the effect that a certain number of registered voters of the territory proposed to be abandoned signed the petition shall be sufficient in lieu of the names of the signers.

(Code 1950, § 15-159; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-1065; 1997, c. 587.)

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