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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 587<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2007, chapters 882<\/a>, 901<\/a>, and 926<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":59000,"section_number":"1-219.1","catch_line":"Limitations on eminent domain","order_by":null,"url":"\/1-219.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":154087,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56543,"identifier":"15.2-1814","token":"15.2\/II\/18\/3\/15.2-1814","url":"\/15.2-1814\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1814\/","token":"15.2\/II\/18\/3\/15.2-1814","dublin_core":{"Title":"Acquisition authorized by chapter declared to be for public use","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1814","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any acquisition of property authorized by any provision of this chapter is hereby declared to be for a public use as the term “public uses” is used in \u00a7 1-219.1<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACQUISITION AUTHORIZED BY CHAPTER DECLARED TO BE FOR PUBLIC USE (\u00a7 15.2-1814)\n\nAny acquisition of property authorized by any provision of this chapter is\nhereby declared to be for a public use as the term “public uses” is\nused in \u00a7 1-219.1.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 587; 2007, cc. 882, 901, 926.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}