§ 55.1-306 Utility easements
A. For the purposes of this section, “utility services” means any products, services, and equipment related to energy, broadband and other communications services, water, and sewerage.
B. Where an easement, whether appurtenant or gross, is expressly granted by an instrument recorded on or after July 1, 2006, that imposes on a servient tract of land a covenant (i) to provide an easement in the future for the benefit of utility services; (ii) to relocate, construct, or maintain facilities owned by an entity that provides utility services; or (iii) to pay the cost of such relocation, construction, or maintenance, such covenant shall be deemed for all purposes to touch and concern the servient tract, to run with the servient tract, its successors, and assigns for the benefit of the entity providing utility services, its successors, and assigns.
History
This law was first created in 2006. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 795 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2019, chapter 712; in 2020, chapters 1131 and 1132.
2006, c. 795, § 55-50.2; 2019, c. 712; 2020, cc. 1131, 1132.