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”

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