Virginia § 21-229 - Notice of hearing on petition for creation
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§ 21-229. Notice of hearing on petition for creation
Upon the presentation of a petition complying with the requirements of this article, praying for the creation of a sanitation district, fixing the boundaries thereof and naming the counties, cities and towns which in whole or in part are to be embraced therein, the circuit court of any such county, or of any county in which any such town is situated, or the corporation court of any such city shall make an order filing such petition and fixing a day for a hearing by such court on such petition and the question of the creation of the proposed sanitation district. Such order shall direct notice of such hearing to be given by publication three times in some newspaper or newspapers having general circulation in the proposed sanitation district, with the first publication appearing no more than 35 days before and the third publication appearing no less than seven days before the hearing. Such notice shall set forth the petition as filed, but need not set forth the signatures or exhibits thereto, and shall state the time and place of hearing and that at such hearing all persons desiring to controvert the allegations of such petition or question the conformity thereof to this article will be heard and all objections to the creation of the proposed sanitation district considered.
1946, p. 348; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 1560iii3; 2023, cc. 506, 507; 2024, cc. 225, 242.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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