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2012 SESSION
12102757DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 15.2-1127 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 15.2-1127. Vacant building registration; penalty.
The Town of Pulaski, in a conservation and rehabilitation
district of the town, and any city, by ordinance, may require the owner or
owners of buildings that have been vacant for a continuous period of 12 months
or more to register such buildings on an annual basis and may impose an annual
registration fee not to exceed $25 $200
to defray the cost of processing such registration. The registration of
buildings shall be on forms designated by the locality and filed with the
agency designated by the locality. Failure to register shall be a $50 civil
penalty, in addition to the registration fee;
however, failure to register in conservation and rehabilitation districts
designated by the governing body, or in other areas designated as blighted
pursuant to § 36-49.1:1, shall be punishable by a civil penalty not exceeding
$250, in addition to the registration fee.
Notice shall be mailed to the owner or owners, at the address to which property
tax notices are sent, at least 30 days prior to the assessment of the civil
penalty.