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Va. Code § 15.2-3216: Proceedings not to fail for technical or procedural defects or errors
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 15.2. COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS
- Subtitle III. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS AND CHANGES OF STATUS OF COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS
- Chapter 32. BOUNDARY CHANGES OF TOWNS AND CITIES
- Article 1. ANNEXATION
No proceedings brought under this chapter shall fail because of a defect, imperfection or omission in the annexation ordinance or the pleadings which does not affect the substantial rights of the parties or any other technical or procedural defect, imperfection or error, but the special court shall at any time allow amendment of the ordinance or the pleadings or make any other order necessary to ensure the hearing of the case on its merits.Code 1950, § 15-152.16; 1952, c. 328; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-1046; 1979, c. 85; 1980, c. 592; 1997, c. 587.
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