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Va. Code Ann. § 33.2-925 (2026)

Alternative method of abandoning roads

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As an alternative to the procedure for abandonment prescribed by this article, a road may be abandoned in accordance with the procedure for vacations in subdivision 2 of § 15.2-2272. All abandonments of roads sought to be effected according to subsection (b) of former § 15.1-482 before July 1, 1990, are hereby validated notwithstanding any defects or deficiencies in the proceeding, provided that property rights that have vested subsequent to the attempted abandonment are not impaired by such validation. The manner of reversion shall not be affected by this section.

1990, c. 198, § 33.1-166.1; 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 4× “Code § 33.2-925 provides that "[a]s an alternative to the procedure for abandonment prescribed by this article, a road may be abandoned in accordance with the procedure for vacations in subdivision 2 of § 15.”
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