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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 529 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. Unfortunately, the 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":154259,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57555,"identifier":"15.2-2014","token":"15.2\/II\/20\/4\/15.2-2014","url":"\/15.2-2014\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2014\/","token":"15.2\/II\/20\/4\/15.2-2014","dublin_core":{"Title":"Temporary closing of rights-of-way in certain circumstances","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2014","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The chief administrative officer of any locality<\/span> or, if there is none, then the chairman or mayor, may temporarily close any public right-of-way in the locality<\/span> when in his judgment<\/span> the public safety so requires. Such temporary closing shall not extend past the time of the next meeting of the governing body<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTEMPORARY CLOSING OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES (\u00a7 15.2-2014)\n\nThe chief administrative officer of any locality or, if there is none, then the\nchairman or mayor, may temporarily close any public right-of-way in the locality\nwhen in his judgment the public safety so requires. Such temporary closing shall\nnot extend past the time of the next meeting of the governing body.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 529, \u00a7 15.1-889.1; 1997, 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}}