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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 14 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 1954, chapter 554; in 1958, chapters 400 and 402; in 1960, chapter 430; in 1962, chapters 130 and 623; in 1968, chapters 355 and 556; in 1970, chapters 444 and 617; in 1972, chapter 161; in 1979, chapter 280; in 1980, chapter 159; in 1981, chapter 610; in 1983, chapter 422; in 1984, chapter 554; in 1994, chapter 477<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":56240,"section_number":"25.1-102","catch_line":"Condemnation of property of corporations possessing power of eminent domain","order_by":null,"url":"\/25.1-102\/"}],"permalink":{"id":158671,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80823,"identifier":"15.2-5149","token":"15.2\/IV\/51\/5\/15.2-5149","url":"\/15.2-5149\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5149\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/51\/5\/15.2-5149","dublin_core":{"Title":"Interference with railroad structures","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5149","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever any railroad tracks, pipes, poles, wires, conduits or other structures or facilities which are located in, along, across, over or under any public road, street, highway, alley or other public right-of-way become an obstruction to, interfere with or are endangered by the construction, operation or maintenance of any system<\/span> of the authority<\/span>, the unit<\/span> having ownership, control or jurisdiction<\/span> over such public road, street, highway, alley or other public right-of-way may, as the exercise of an essential governmental function, order<\/span> the safeguarding, maintaining, relocating, rebuilding, removing or replacing of such railroad tracks, pipes, poles, wires, conduits or other structures or facilities by the owner<\/span> thereof at the expense of the authority<\/span>, subject to the provisions of \u00a7 25.1-102<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINTERFERENCE WITH RAILROAD STRUCTURES (\u00a7 15.2-5149)\n\nWhenever any railroad tracks, pipes, poles, wires, conduits or other structures\nor facilities which are located in, along, across, over or under any public\nroad, street, highway, alley or other public right-of-way become an obstruction\nto, interfere with or are endangered by the construction, operation or\nmaintenance of any system of the authority, the unit having ownership, control\nor jurisdiction over such public road, street, highway, alley or other public\nright-of-way may, as the exercise of an essential governmental function, order\nthe safeguarding, maintaining, relocating, rebuilding, removing or replacing of\nsuch railroad tracks, pipes, poles, wires, conduits or other structures or\nfacilities by the owner thereof at the expense of the authority, subject to the\nprovisions of \u00a7 25.1-102.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-764.12; 1950, p. 1318; 1954, c. 554; 1958, cc. 400,\n402; 1960, c. 430; 1962, cc. 130, 623, \u00a7 15.1-1250; 1968, cc. 355, 556; 1970,\ncc. 444, 617; 1972, c. 161; 1979, c. 280; 1980, c. 159; 1981, c. 610; 1983, c.\n422; 1984, c. 554; 1994, c. 477; 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}}