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Any memorandum of lis pendens admitted to record in an action to enforce a zoning ordinance shall expire after 180 days. If the local government has initiated an enforcement proceeding against the owner of the real property and such owner subsequently transfers the ownership of the real property to an entity in which the owner holds an ownership interest greater than 50 percent, the pending enforcement proceeding shall continue to be enforced against the owner.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":260392,"text":"Any violation or attempted violation of this chapter, or of any regulation adopted hereunder may be restrained, corrected, or abated as the case may be by injunction or other appropriate proceeding.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":260393,"text":"At any time after the filing of an injunction or other appropriate proceeding to restrain, correct, or abate a zoning ordinance violation and where the owner of the real property is a party to such proceeding, the zoning administrator or governing body may record a memorandum of lis pendens pursuant to § 8.01-268. 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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 1962, chapter 407; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 583<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75882,"section_number":"15.2-2209","catch_line":"Civil penalties for violations of zoning ordinance","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2209\/"},{"id":63910,"section_number":"15.2-730","catch_line":"Civil penalties for violations of zoning ordinance","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-730\/"},{"id":74105,"section_number":"15.2-744","catch_line":"Authority of county board to impose civil penalties for wrongful demolition, razing or moving of historic buildings","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-744\/"},{"id":70153,"section_number":"15.2-819","catch_line":"Demolition of historic structures; civil penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-819\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":56069,"section_number":"8.01-268","catch_line":"When and how docketed and indexed","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-268\/"}],"permalink":{"id":154831,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72291,"identifier":"15.2-2208","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/1\/15.2-2208","url":"\/15.2-2208\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2208\/","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/1\/15.2-2208","dublin_core":{"Title":"Restraining violations of chapter","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2208","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any violation or attempted violation of this chapter, or of any regulation adopted hereunder may be restrained, corrected, or abated as the case may be by injunction<\/span> or other appropriate proceeding. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> At any time after the filing of an injunction<\/span> or other appropriate proceeding to restrain, correct, or abate a zoning<\/span> ordinance<\/span> violation and where the owner of the real property is a party<\/span> to such proceeding, the zoning<\/span> administrator or governing body<\/span> may record a memorandum<\/span> of lis pendens pursuant to § 8.01-268<\/a>. Any memorandum<\/span> of lis pendens admitted to record in an action to enforce a zoning<\/span> ordinance<\/span> shall expire after 180 days. If the local government<\/span> has initiated an enforcement proceeding against the owner of the real property and such owner subsequently transfers the ownership of the real property to an entity in which the owner holds an ownership interest greater than 50 percent, the pending enforcement proceeding shall continue to be enforced against the owner. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRESTRAINING VIOLATIONS OF CHAPTER (\u00a7 15.2-2208)\n\nA. Any violation or attempted violation of this chapter, or of any regulation\nadopted hereunder may be restrained, corrected, or abated as the case may be by\ninjunction or other appropriate proceeding.\n\nB. At any time after the filing of an injunction or other appropriate proceeding\nto restrain, correct, or abate a zoning ordinance violation and where the owner\nof the real property is a party to such proceeding, the zoning administrator or\ngoverning body may record a memorandum of lis pendens pursuant to §\n8.01-268. Any memorandum of lis pendens admitted to record in an action to\nenforce a zoning ordinance shall expire after 180 days. If the local government\nhas initiated an enforcement proceeding against the owner of the real property\nand such owner subsequently transfers the ownership of the real property to an\nentity in which the owner holds an ownership interest greater than 50 percent,\nthe pending enforcement proceeding shall continue to be enforced against the\nowner.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 15-840, 15-851, 15-969; 1962, c. 407, \u00a7 15.1-499;\n1997, c. 587; 2008, c. 583.","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}}