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Va. Code Ann. § 33.2-919 (2026)

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If a petition for a public hearing is not filed as provided in § 33.2-918, or if after a public hearing is held the governing body is satisfied that no public necessity exists for the continuance of the section of road as a public road or the railroad crossing as a public railroad crossing or that the welfare of the public would be served best by abandoning the section of road or the railroad crossing as a public road or public railroad crossing, the governing body shall (i) within four months of the 30-day period during which notice was posted where no petition for a public hearing was filed or (ii) within four months after the public hearing adopt an ordinance or resolution abandoning the section of road as a public road or the railroad crossing as a public railroad crossing, and with that ordinance or resolution the section of road shall cease to be a public road. If the governing body is not so satisfied, it shall dismiss the application within the applicable four months provided in this section.

Code 1950, § 33-76.18; 1950, p. 735; 1970, c. 322, § 33.1-161; 1978, c. 187; 2014, c. 805.

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Cited in 1 case, 2019–2019 · leading case: Loch Levan Land Ltd. v. Bd. of Supervisors of Henrico Cnty., 831 S.E.2d 690 (Va. 2019).
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Loch Levan Land Ltd. v. Bd. of Supervisors of Henrico Cnty., 831 S.E.2d 690 (Va. 2019). · cites it 2× “In addition, Code § 33.2-919 requires consideration of whether a "public necessity exists for the continuance of the section of road .”
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