The clerk of the circuit court shall give notice of the court’s determination of a county‘s or tier-city‘s eligibility for immunity to any court in which proceedings were stayed pending a determination of county or tier-city immunity. If county or tier-city immunity is granted by order of the court, any suits stayed pending a determination of such immunity shall be dismissed. If county or tier-city immunity is not granted by order of the court, such stays shall be dissolved.

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Terms Used In Virginia Code 15.2-3303

  • County: means any existing county or such unit hereafter created. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
  • Tier-city: means an incorporated community within a consolidated county that (i) has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more, (ii) has been designated as a tier-city by the General Assembly, and (iii) has both the powers of a town and such additional powers as may be granted tier-cities by the General Assembly. See Virginia Code 1-252

1979, c. 85, § 15.1-977.22; 1984, c. 695; 1997, c. 587.