§ 15.2-3227. Annexation proceedings final for ten years.
Except by mutual agreement of the governing bodies affected, no city or town,having instituted proceedings to annex territory of a county, shall againseek to annex territory of such county within the ten years next succeedingthe effective date of annexation in any proceeding under this article orprevious acts. In the event annexation is denied, such prohibition shallbegin with the date of the final order of the court denying annexation or, inthe case of an appeal to the Supreme Court, with the date of the final orderof the Supreme Court. However, a city or town moving to dismiss theproceedings before a hearing on its merits may file a new petition five yearsafter the filing of the petition in the prior suit. No county shall, exceptwith the consent of its governing body, be made defendant in any annexationproceeding brought by any city within such ten-year period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, a city shall have the right to fileand maintain an annexation proceeding against any county against which it hasnot filed such a proceeding during the preceding thirteen years.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any petition for annexationbrought by a city or town, within such ten-year period, if the previouspetition was dismissed due to a procedural defect, lack of jurisdiction, orany defense other than the merits of the case. The provisions of this sectionshall not apply to a city or town which institutes an annexation proceedingby filing notice with the Commission on Local Government but whichsubsequently fails to petition the court to grant such annexation. In thatevent, however, the city or town shall not again institute proceedings forannexation against the county for at least two years after the date theCommission renders its final report on the initial proceeding.
This section shall also apply to any city which was a town at the time of thefiling of such petition.
(Code 1950, § 15-152.25; 1952, c. 328; 1958, c. 378; 1962, c. 623, §15.1-1055; 1979, c. 85; 1985, c. 478; 1997, c. 587.)
§ 15.2-3227. Annexation proceedings final for ten years.
Except by mutual agreement of the governing bodies affected, no city or town,having instituted proceedings to annex territory of a county, shall againseek to annex territory of such county within the ten years next succeedingthe effective date of annexation in any proceeding under this article orprevious acts. In the event annexation is denied, such prohibition shallbegin with the date of the final order of the court denying annexation or, inthe case of an appeal to the Supreme Court, with the date of the final orderof the Supreme Court. However, a city or town moving to dismiss theproceedings before a hearing on its merits may file a new petition five yearsafter the filing of the petition in the prior suit. No county shall, exceptwith the consent of its governing body, be made defendant in any annexationproceeding brought by any city within such ten-year period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, a city shall have the right to fileand maintain an annexation proceeding against any county against which it hasnot filed such a proceeding during the preceding thirteen years.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any petition for annexationbrought by a city or town, within such ten-year period, if the previouspetition was dismissed due to a procedural defect, lack of jurisdiction, orany defense other than the merits of the case. The provisions of this sectionshall not apply to a city or town which institutes an annexation proceedingby filing notice with the Commission on Local Government but whichsubsequently fails to petition the court to grant such annexation. In thatevent, however, the city or town shall not again institute proceedings forannexation against the county for at least two years after the date theCommission renders its final report on the initial proceeding.
This section shall also apply to any city which was a town at the time of thefiling of such petition.
(Code 1950, § 15-152.25; 1952, c. 328; 1958, c. 378; 1962, c. 623, §15.1-1055; 1979, c. 85; 1985, c. 478; 1997, c. 587.)
§ 15.2-3227. Annexation proceedings final for ten years.
Except by mutual agreement of the governing bodies affected, no city or town,having instituted proceedings to annex territory of a county, shall againseek to annex territory of such county within the ten years next succeedingthe effective date of annexation in any proceeding under this article orprevious acts. In the event annexation is denied, such prohibition shallbegin with the date of the final order of the court denying annexation or, inthe case of an appeal to the Supreme Court, with the date of the final orderof the Supreme Court. However, a city or town moving to dismiss theproceedings before a hearing on its merits may file a new petition five yearsafter the filing of the petition in the prior suit. No county shall, exceptwith the consent of its governing body, be made defendant in any annexationproceeding brought by any city within such ten-year period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, a city shall have the right to fileand maintain an annexation proceeding against any county against which it hasnot filed such a proceeding during the preceding thirteen years.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any petition for annexationbrought by a city or town, within such ten-year period, if the previouspetition was dismissed due to a procedural defect, lack of jurisdiction, orany defense other than the merits of the case. The provisions of this sectionshall not apply to a city or town which institutes an annexation proceedingby filing notice with the Commission on Local Government but whichsubsequently fails to petition the court to grant such annexation. In thatevent, however, the city or town shall not again institute proceedings forannexation against the county for at least two years after the date theCommission renders its final report on the initial proceeding.
This section shall also apply to any city which was a town at the time of thefiling of such petition.
(Code 1950, § 15-152.25; 1952, c. 328; 1958, c. 378; 1962, c. 623, §15.1-1055; 1979, c. 85; 1985, c. 478; 1997, c. 587.)
