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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1958, chapter 328; in 1962, chapter 623; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":83742,"section_number":"15.2-2108.23","catch_line":"Regulation of rights-of-way; fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2108.23\/"},{"id":81245,"section_number":"15.2-2108.30","catch_line":"Renewal","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2108.30\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":154265,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72785,"identifier":"15.2-2015","token":"15.2\/II\/20\/5\/15.2-2015","url":"\/15.2-2015\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2015\/","token":"15.2\/II\/20\/5\/15.2-2015","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of streets, etc., for transportation and utilities; removal and alteration of facilities and equipment; permits and charges","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2015","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any city<\/span> or town<\/span> may provide for the issuance of permits, under such terms and conditions as they may impose, for the use of streets, highways, roads, alleys, bridges, viaducts, subways and underpasses and other public rights-of-way and places by railroads, buses, taxicabs and other vehicles for hire; may prescribe the location in, under or over and provide for the issuance of permits for the use of such public rights-of-way and places for the installation, maintenance and operation of tracks, poles, wires, cables, pipes, conduits, bridges, viaducts, subways, vaults, areas and cellars; may require tracks, poles, wires, cables, pipes, conduits, bridges, viaducts, subways and underpasses to be altered, removed or relocated either permanently or temporarily; may charge and collect compensation for the privileges<\/span> so granted; and may prohibit such use of such public rights-of-way and places except as otherwise provided by law<\/span>. No such use shall be made of the streets, highways, roads, alleys, bridges, viaducts, subways and underpasses without the consent of the city<\/span> or town<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUSE OF STREETS, ETC., FOR TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES; REMOVAL AND ALTERATION\nOF FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT; PERMITS AND CHARGES (\u00a7 15.2-2015)\n\nAny city or town may provide for the issuance of permits, under such terms and\nconditions as they may impose, for the use of streets, highways, roads, alleys,\nbridges, viaducts, subways and underpasses and other public rights-of-way and\nplaces by railroads, buses, taxicabs and other vehicles for hire; may prescribe\nthe location in, under or over and provide for the issuance of permits for the\nuse of such public rights-of-way and places for the installation, maintenance\nand operation of tracks, poles, wires, cables, pipes, conduits, bridges,\nviaducts, subways, vaults, areas and cellars; may require tracks, poles, wires,\ncables, pipes, conduits, bridges, viaducts, subways and underpasses to be\naltered, removed or relocated either permanently or temporarily; may charge and\ncollect compensation for the privileges so granted; and may prohibit such use of\nsuch public rights-of-way and places except as otherwise provided by law. No\nsuch use shall be made of the streets, highways, roads, alleys, bridges,\nviaducts, subways and underpasses without the consent of the city or town.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-77.56; 1958, c. 328; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-892; 1997,\nc. 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}}