Virginia § 21-233 - Order when election favors establishment
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 21-233 — Order when election favors establishment, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 21-233. Order when election favors establishment
If upon the certificate of the result of the said election made by the Secretary of the Commonwealth to such court it shall appear that a majority of the qualified voters of the proposed sanitation district voting at the election shall have voted "yes" and in favor of the creation of the proposed sanitation district, the court shall make and enter of record an order stating such result, and thereupon the territory defined in the petition, less such parts thereof as shall be excluded pursuant to the provisions of § 21-234 shall be and constitute a sanitation district for all the purposes of this chapter, known and designated by the name stated in the petition.
1946, p. 349; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 1560iii3.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 21-233 ("Order when election favors establishment") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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