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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1962, chapter 623; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":82693,"section_number":"15.2-1800","catch_line":"Purchase, sale, use, etc., of real property","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1800\/"}],"permalink":{"id":154197,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63790,"identifier":"15.2-2002","token":"15.2\/II\/20\/1\/15.2-2002","url":"\/15.2-2002\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2002\/","token":"15.2\/II\/20\/1\/15.2-2002","dublin_core":{"Title":"Acquisitions in connection with public right-of-way changes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2002","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every locality<\/span> proposing to open or widen any public right-of-way by taking a part of any lot or other subdivision of property in such manner that the remnant thereof would, in the opinion<\/span> of the governing body<\/span>, be so small or of such shape as to be unsuited for the erection of appropriate buildings thereon may acquire, as permitted by \u00a7 15.2-1800<\/a>, the whole of the lot or other subdivision of property. Any such acquisition is declared to be for a public use, as the term public uses is used in Article I, Section 11 of the Constitution of Virginia. The locality<\/span> may subsequently replat and dispose of the remnant of such property not used for right-of-way purposes in whole or in part, limiting the uses thereof as it may see fit. Nothing in this section shall be construed to give any locality<\/span> any power to condemn the property of any railroad company or public service corporation which it does not otherwise possess under existing law<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACQUISITIONS IN CONNECTION WITH PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY CHANGES (\u00a7 15.2-2002)\n\nEvery locality proposing to open or widen any public right-of-way by taking a\npart of any lot or other subdivision of property in such manner that the remnant\nthereof would, in the opinion of the governing body, be so small or of such\nshape as to be unsuited for the erection of appropriate buildings thereon may\nacquire, as permitted by \u00a7 15.2-1800, the whole of the lot or other subdivision\nof property. Any such acquisition is declared to be for a public use, as the\nterm public uses is used in Article I, Section 11 of the Constitution of\nVirginia. The locality may subsequently replat and dispose of the remnant of\nsuch property not used for right-of-way purposes in whole or in part, limiting\nthe uses thereof as it may see fit. Nothing in this section shall be construed\nto give any locality any power to condemn the property of any railroad company\nor public service corporation which it does not otherwise possess under existing\nlaw.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-771; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-372; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 1;\n1997, c. 587.","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}}