{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-15.2-102","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 15.2-102","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this title unless such construction would be inconsistent with the context or manifest intent of the statute:\"Board of supervisors\" means the governing body of a county.\"City\" means any independent incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on the first day of July, nineteen hundred seventy-one, or which has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more and which has become a city as provided by law.\"Constitutional officer\" means an officer provided for pursuant to Article VII, § 4 of the Constitution.\"Council\" means the governing body of a city or town.\"Councilman\" or \"member of the council\" means a member of the governing body of a city or town.\"County\" means any existing county or such unit hereafter created.\"Governing body\" means the board of supervisors of a county, council of a city, or council of a town, as the context may require.\"Locality\" or \"local government\" shall be construed to mean a county, city, or town as the context may require.\"Municipality,\" \"incorporated communities,\" \"municipal corporation,\" and words or terms of similar import shall be construed to relate only to cities and towns.\"Supervisor\" means a member of the board of supervisors of a county.\"Town\" means any existing town or an incorporated community within one or more counties which became a town before noon, July one, nineteen hundred seventy-one, as provided by law or which has within defined boundaries a population of 1,000 or more and which has become a town as provided by law.\"Voter\" means a qualified voter as defined in § 24.2-101.Code 1950, § 15-1; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-6; 1997, c. 587.","path":["Title 15.2. COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS","Subtitle I. GENERAL PROVISIONS; CHARTERS; OTHER FORMS AND ORGANIZATION OF COUNTIES","Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/15.2-102/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:19Z","sha256":"8393547ed4d64d2f8f53fd8f790a14937f09dc0aeca2497d3be2086ec0cfc63a","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-15.2-101","next":"us-va/va.-code-15.2-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}