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Any person may appear at the meeting for the purpose of objecting to the adoption of the ordinance. An appeal from the adoption of the ordinance may be filed within thirty days of the adoption of the ordinance with the circuit court having jurisdiction of the land shown on the plat or part thereof to be vacated. Upon appeal the court may nullify the ordinance if it finds that the owner of the property shown on the plat will be irreparably damaged. If no appeal from the adoption of the ordinance is filed within the time above provided or if the ordinance is upheld on appeal, a certified copy of the ordinance of vacation may be recorded in the clerk’s office of any court in which the plat is recorded.\n\t\t\tThe execution and recordation of the ordinance of vacation shall operate to destroy the force and effect of the recording of the plat, or any portion thereof, so vacated, and to divest all public rights in and to the property and reinvest the owners, proprietors and trustees, if any, with the title to the streets, alleys, and easements for public passage and other public areas laid out or described in the plat.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":221418,"text":"Where no lot has been sold, the recorded plat, or part thereof, may be vacated according to either of the following methods:","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1,"next_prefix":"1"},"1":{"id":221419,"text":"With the consent of the designated agent of the locality where the land lies, by the owners, proprietors and trustees, if any, who signed the statement required by § 15.2-2264 at any time before the sale of any lot therein, by a written instrument, declaring the plat to be vacated, duly executed, acknowledged or proved and recorded in the same clerk’s office wherein the plat to be vacated is recorded and the execution and recordation of such writing shall operate to destroy the force and effect of the recording of the plat so vacated and to divest all public rights in, and to reinvest the owners, proprietors and trustees, if any, with the title to the streets, alleys, easements for public passage and other public areas laid out or described in the plat; or","type":"section","prefixes":["1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"1","prefix_anchor":"1","level":1,"prior_prefix":"","next_prefix":"2"},"2":{"id":221420,"text":"By ordinance of the governing body of the locality in which the property shown on the plat or part thereof to be vacated lies, provided that no facilities for which bonding is required pursuant to §§ 15.2-2241 through 15.2-2245 have been constructed on the property and no facilities have been constructed on any related section of the property located in the subdivision within five years of the date on which the plat was first recorded.\n\t\t\tThe ordinance shall not be adopted until after notice has been given as required by § 15.2-2204. Any person may appear at the meeting for the purpose of objecting to the adoption of the ordinance. An appeal from the adoption of the ordinance may be filed within thirty days of the adoption of the ordinance with the circuit court having jurisdiction of the land shown on the plat or part thereof to be vacated. Upon appeal the court may nullify the ordinance if it finds that the owner of the property shown on the plat will be irreparably damaged. If no appeal from the adoption of the ordinance is filed within the time above provided or if the ordinance is upheld on appeal, a certified copy of the ordinance of vacation may be recorded in the clerk’s office of any court in which the plat is recorded.\n\t\t\tThe execution and recordation of the ordinance of vacation shall operate to destroy the force and effect of the recording of the plat, or any portion thereof, so vacated, and to divest all public rights in and to the property and reinvest the owners, proprietors and trustees, if any, with the title to the streets, alleys, and easements for public passage and other public areas laid out or described in the plat.","type":"section","prefixes":["2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"2","prefix_anchor":"2","level":1,"prior_prefix":"1"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14154,"edition_id":1,"name":"Land Subdivision and Development","identifier":"6","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12774,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1964, chapter 564; in 1987, chapter 404; in 2024, chapters 225<\/a> and 242<\/a>; in 2025, chapter 594<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62030,"section_number":"15.2-2265","catch_line":"Recordation of approved plat as transfer of streets, termination of easements and rights-of-way, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2265\/"},{"id":78526,"section_number":"15.2-2273","catch_line":"Fee for processing application under \u00a7 15.2-2271 or \u00a7 15.2-2272","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2273\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":73996,"section_number":"15.2-2204","catch_line":"Advertisement of plans, ordinances, etc.; joint public hearings; written notice of certain amendments","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2204\/"},{"id":81439,"section_number":"15.2-2241","catch_line":"Mandatory provisions of a subdivision ordinance","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2241\/"},{"id":61355,"section_number":"15.2-2245","catch_line":"Provisions for periodic partial and final release of certain performance guarantees","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2245\/"},{"id":59776,"section_number":"15.2-2264","catch_line":"Statement of consent to subdivision; execution; acknowledgment and recordation; notice to commissioner of the revenue or board of real estate assessors","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2264\/"}],"permalink":{"id":155177,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60575,"identifier":"15.2-2271","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/6\/15.2-2271","url":"\/15.2-2271\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2271\/","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/6\/15.2-2271","dublin_core":{"Title":"Vacation of plat before sale of lot therein; ordinance of vacation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2271","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Where no lot has been sold, the recorded plat<\/span>, or part thereof, may be vacated according to either of the following methods:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> With the consent of the designated agent<\/span> of the locality<\/span> where the land lies, by the owners, proprietors and trustees, if any, who signed the statement required by § 15.2-2264<\/a> at any time before the sale of any lot therein, by a written instrument, declaring the plat<\/span> to be vacated, duly executed, acknowledged or proved and recorded in the same clerk’s office wherein the plat<\/span> to be vacated is recorded and the execution and recordation of such writing shall operate to destroy the force and effect of the recording of the plat<\/span> so vacated and to divest all public rights in, and to reinvest the owners, proprietors and trustees, if any, with the title to the streets<\/span>, alleys, easements for public passage and other public areas laid out or described in the plat<\/span>; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> By ordinance<\/span> of the governing body<\/span> of the locality<\/span> in which the property shown on the plat<\/span> or part thereof to be vacated lies, provided that no facilities for which bonding is required pursuant to §§ 15.2-2241<\/a> through 15.2-2245<\/a> have been constructed on the property and no facilities have been constructed on any related section of the property located in the subdivision within five years of the date on which the plat<\/span> was first recorded.\n\t\t\tThe ordinance<\/span> shall not be adopted until after notice has been given as required by § 15.2-2204<\/a>. Any person may appear at the meeting for the purpose of objecting to the adoption of the ordinance<\/span>. An appeal<\/span> from the adoption of the ordinance<\/span> may be filed within thirty days of the adoption of the ordinance<\/span> with the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> having jurisdiction<\/span> of the land shown on the plat<\/span> or part thereof to be vacated. Upon appeal<\/span> the court<\/span> may nullify the ordinance<\/span> if it finds that the owner of the property shown on the plat<\/span> will be irreparably damaged. If no appeal<\/span> from the adoption of the ordinance<\/span> is filed within the time above provided or if the ordinance<\/span> is upheld on appeal<\/span>, a certified copy of the ordinance<\/span> of vacation may be recorded in the clerk’s office of any court<\/span> in which the plat<\/span> is recorded.\n\t\t\tThe execution and recordation of the ordinance<\/span> of vacation shall operate to destroy the force and effect of the recording of the plat<\/span>, or any portion thereof, so vacated, and to divest all public rights in and to the property and reinvest the owners, proprietors and trustees, if any, with the title to the streets<\/span>, alleys, and easements for public passage and other public areas laid out or described in the plat<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVACATION OF PLAT BEFORE SALE OF LOT THEREIN; ORDINANCE OF VACATION (\u00a7\n15.2-2271)\n\nWhere no lot has been sold, the recorded plat, or part thereof, may be vacated\naccording to either of the following methods:\n\n1. With the consent of the designated agent of the locality where the land lies,\nby the owners, proprietors and trustees, if any, who signed the statement\nrequired by § 15.2-2264 at any time before the sale of any lot therein, by\na written instrument, declaring the plat to be vacated, duly executed,\nacknowledged or proved and recorded in the same clerk’s office wherein the\nplat to be vacated is recorded and the execution and recordation of such writing\nshall operate to destroy the force and effect of the recording of the plat so\nvacated and to divest all public rights in, and to reinvest the owners,\nproprietors and trustees, if any, with the title to the streets, alleys,\neasements for public passage and other public areas laid out or described in the\nplat; or\n\n2. By ordinance of the governing body of the locality in which the property\nshown on the plat or part thereof to be vacated lies, provided that no\nfacilities for which bonding is required pursuant to §§ 15.2-2241\nthrough 15.2-2245 have been constructed on the property and no facilities have\nbeen constructed on any related section of the property located in the\nsubdivision within five years of the date on which the plat was first recorded.\n\t\t\tThe ordinance shall not be adopted until after notice has been given as\nrequired by § 15.2-2204. Any person may appear at the meeting for the\npurpose of objecting to the adoption of the ordinance. An appeal from the\nadoption of the ordinance may be filed within thirty days of the adoption of the\nordinance with the circuit court having jurisdiction of the land shown on the\nplat or part thereof to be vacated. Upon appeal the court may nullify the\nordinance if it finds that the owner of the property shown on the plat will be\nirreparably damaged. If no appeal from the adoption of the ordinance is filed\nwithin the time above provided or if the ordinance is upheld on appeal, a\ncertified copy of the ordinance of vacation may be recorded in the clerk’s\noffice of any court in which the plat is recorded.\n\t\t\tThe execution and recordation of the ordinance of vacation shall operate to\ndestroy the force and effect of the recording of the plat, or any portion\nthereof, so vacated, and to divest all public rights in and to the property and\nreinvest the owners, proprietors and trustees, if any, with the title to the\nstreets, alleys, and easements for public passage and other public areas laid\nout or described in the plat.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 15-793, 15-967.16; 1950, p. 722; 1962, c. 407, \u00a7\n15.1-481; 1964, c. 564; 1987, c. 404; 1997, c.; 2024, cc. 225, 242; 2025, c.\n594.","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}}