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2024 SESSION
24105791DBe 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; civil penalty.
The Town of Clifton Forge, the Town of Pulaski, in
a conservation and rehabilitation district of the town, the Town of
Timberville, and any Any county, city, or town, by
ordinance, may require the owner or owners of buildings that have been vacant
for a continuous period of 12 months or more, and which
(i)
that meet the definition of "derelict building" under §
15.2-907.1, (ii) that meet the definition of "criminal blight"
under § 15.2-907, or (iii) in which a locality has determined a person is
living without the authority of the owner or owners to register
such buildings on an annual basis and may impose an annual registration fee not
to exceed $100 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 $200 civil
penalty; 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 $400. 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.