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Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-5126 (2026)

Time for contesting validity of proposed bond issue; when bonds presumed valid

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For a period of thirty days after the date of the filing with the circuit court having jurisdiction over any of the political subdivisions which are members of the authority a certified copy of the initial resolution of the authority authorizing the issuance of bonds, any person in interest may contest the validity of the bonds, the rates, fees and other charges for the services and facilities furnished by, for the use of, or in connection with, any water or waste system or, for authorities created under Article 6 (§ 15.2-5152 et seq.) of this chapter, such other facilities which may be provided by the authority under § 15.2-5158, the pledge of the revenues of any water or waste system, or any combination of any thereof or, for authorities created under Article 6 of this chapter, such other facilities which may be provided by the authority under § 15.2-5158, any provisions which may be recited in any resolution, trust agreement, indenture or other instrument authorizing the issuance of bonds, or any matter contained in, provided for or done or to be done pursuant to the foregoing. If such contest is not given within the thirty-day period, the authority to issue the bonds, the validity of the pledge of revenues necessary to pay the bonds, the validity of any other provision contained in the resolution, trust agreement, indenture or other instrument, and all proceedings in connection with the authorization and the issuance of the bonds shall be conclusively presumed to have been legally taken and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters and no such contest shall thereafter be instituted.

Upon the delivery of any bonds reciting that they are issued pursuant to this chapter and a resolution or resolutions adopted under this chapter, the bonds shall be conclusively presumed to be fully authorized by all the laws of the Commonwealth and to have been sold, executed and delivered by the authority in conformity with such laws, and the validity of the bonds shall not be questioned by a party plaintiff, a party defendant, the authority, or any other interested party in any court, anything in this chapter or in any other statutes to the contrary notwithstanding.

1997, c. 587.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2001–2025 · leading case: Short Pump Town Ctr. Cmty. Dev. Auth. v. Hahn, 554 S.E.2d 441 (Va. 2001).
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Short Pump Town Ctr. Cmty. Dev. Auth. v. Hahn, 554 S.E.2d 441 (Va. 2001). · cites it 14× “Taubman also points out that the WWAA has its own mechanism, set forth in Code § 15.2-5126, for challenging the validity of the CDA’s bonds, and contends that that section provides the sole method for determining the validity of the bond issuance involved in this appeal.”
Cygnus Newport-Phase 1B, LLC v. City of Portsmouth, 790 S.E.2d 623 (Va. 2016). · cites it 2× “Code § 15.2-5126. A declaration that the special assessments are void when the special assessments are pledged to repay bonds would run directly counter to these strictures.”
Primis Bank v. Joseph S. Mahaley (Va. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “2-515(A) (conclusive presumption with no temporal specification); - 18 - Code § 15.2-5126 (conclusive presumption with thirty-day specification); Code § 15.”
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