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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 962<\/a> and 963<\/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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":55379,"section_number":"15.2-2011","catch_line":"Localities may permit existing encroachments","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2011\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":67089,"section_number":"15.2-2000","catch_line":"State highway systems excepted; town streets","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2000\/"},{"id":73739,"section_number":"15.2-906","catch_line":"Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of buildings and other structures","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-906\/"}],"permalink":{"id":154237,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87470,"identifier":"15.2-2009.1","token":"15.2\/II\/20\/3\/15.2-2009.1","url":"\/15.2-2009.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2009.1\/","token":"15.2\/II\/20\/3\/15.2-2009.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Dangerous roadside vegetation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2009.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A of \u00a7 15.2-2000<\/a>, any locality<\/span> may, by ordinance<\/span>, provide that the owner of any property adjacent to the right-of-way of any street, highway, road, alley, bridge, viaduct, subway, underpass, or other public right-of-way or place shall, at such time or times as the governing body<\/span> may prescribe, remove therefrom any and all trees, tree limbs, shrubs, high grass, or other substance that might dangerously obstruct the line of sight of a driver, be involved in a collision with a vehicle, or interfere with the safe operation of a vehicle or may, whenever the governing body<\/span> deems it necessary, after reasonable notice as defined in subdivision 2 of \u00a7 15.2-906<\/a>, have such trees, shrubs, high grass, and other like substances removed by its own agents or employees.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDANGEROUS ROADSIDE VEGETATION (\u00a7 15.2-2009.1)\n\nNotwithstanding the provisions of subsection A of \u00a7 15.2-2000, any locality\nmay, by ordinance, provide that the owner of any property adjacent to the\nright-of-way of any street, highway, road, alley, bridge, viaduct, subway,\nunderpass, or other public right-of-way or place shall, at such time or times as\nthe governing body may prescribe, remove therefrom any and all trees, tree\nlimbs, shrubs, high grass, or other substance that might dangerously obstruct\nthe line of sight of a driver, be involved in a collision with a vehicle, or\ninterfere with the safe operation of a vehicle or may, whenever the governing\nbody deems it necessary, after reasonable notice as defined in subdivision 2 of\n\u00a7 15.2-906, have such trees, shrubs, high grass, and other like substances\nremoved by its own agents or employees.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, cc. 962, 963.","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}}