02/19/2026 – Whether the County of Rappahannock may regulate existing residential outdoor light fixtures in order to mitigate the effects of light pollution.
02.19.2026 – Whether a locality must recognize the treasurers’ decision to allow the initiation, or final approval, of a land use change, as set out in the 2017 amendment to Code § 15.2- 2286(B), even if the local ordinance does not provide for that authority; and whether a locality may adopt only selected portions of a permissive statute.
02/19/2026 – Whether the 1972 enactment of Title 16.1, Chapter 4.1 of the Virginia Code repealed certain provisions of the City of Virginia Beach Charter relating to courts not of record.
01/16/2026 – Whether the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in United States v. Skrmetti, 605 U.S. 495 (2025), limits the application of Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board, 972 F.3d 586 (4th Cir. 2020), in future cases.
12/31/2025 – Whether an authorized notary public of another state may perform notarial acts outside of Virginia via a remote online notarization which are used for document recording in the Commonwealth.
12/31/2025 – Whether a county board of supervisors can require a treasurer to agree to install security cameras in the treasurer’s office.
12/31/2025 – Whether the benefits conveyed by Code § 15.2-1605 are owed to part-time and temporary employees.
12/31/2025 – Whether a county administrator may restrict a sheriff from accessing records maintained by the sheriff’s office that are stored in a data system housed on a server owned and maintained by the local governing body.
12/18/2025 – Whether the expiration of an open-space use agreement triggers the assessment of roll-back taxes.
07/25/2025 – Whether the local governing body of a municipality must hold a hearing pursuant to Code § 22.1-29.1 when appointing a school board member to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term.
12/03/2024 – Whether Code § 24.2-607 prohibits candidates and campaign representatives from initiating contact with voters beyond 40 feet of a polling place to provide resources.
11/24/2024 – Whether Article II, § 3 of the Constitution of Virginia affords voters the right to choose to have their ballot counted by hand.
09/05/2024 – Whether the law prohibits a sheriff from working with ICE as it relates to inmate release date
08/15/2024 – City of Hopewell adopting an ordinance with employment provisions and public office holding
08/12/2024 – Whether the City of Alexandria is permitted to amend its noise control ordinances as they relate to gas and electric lawn equipment
06/17/2024 – Governing body authority to determine courthouse security
02/17/2024 – Code 24.2-509(A) and political party nomination selections
12/21/2023 – Qualifying signatures for Independent Candidate
12/18/2023 – Personal property taxes on vehicles not exclusively in a locality
10/26/2023 – Property assessment of rental property
05/15/2023 – Code 24.2-110 and electoral board requirement to reappoint incumbent
01/26/2023 – Locality authority to regulate privately-owned unmanned aircrafts on private property
01/12/2023 – Short-term rentals on operating farm as “agritourism activity”