{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/15.2-5425.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/15.2-5425.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/15.2-5425.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/15.2-5425.html"}],"law_id":81962,"edition_id":1,"section_id":81962,"structure_id":14152,"section_number":"15.2-5425","catch_line":"Eminent domain","history":"1979, c. 416, \u00a7 15.1-1628; 1997, c. 587; 2003, c. 940.","full_text":"An authority created under the provisions of this chapter is hereby vested with the power of eminent domain and the same authority to exercise the power of eminent domain as is granted in Chapter 2 (\u00a7 25.1-200 et seq.) of Title 25.1 and as is granted in Chapter 3 (\u00a7 25.1-300 et seq.) of Title 25.1, subject to the provisions of \u00a7 25.1-102, provided that this power shall not be used to acquire existing power supply facilities or plants held for future use. Furthermore, no authority may condemn property outside of the territorial limits of its member governmental units without obtaining the consent of the governing body of the locality in which such property is located; however, in any case in which the approval by such locality is withheld, the authority seeking such approval may petition for the convening of a special court, pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 15.2-2135 through 15.2-2141.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":293711,"text":"An authority created under the provisions of this chapter is hereby vested with the power of eminent domain and the same authority to exercise the power of eminent domain as is granted in Chapter 2 (\u00a7 25.1-200 et seq.) of Title 25.1 and as is granted in Chapter 3 (\u00a7 25.1-300 et seq.) of Title 25.1, subject to the provisions of \u00a7 25.1-102, provided that this power shall not be used to acquire existing power supply facilities or plants held for future use. Furthermore, no authority may condemn property outside of the territorial limits of its member governmental units without obtaining the consent of the governing body of the locality in which such property is located; however, in any case in which the approval by such locality is withheld, the authority seeking such approval may petition for the convening of a special court, pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 15.2-2135 through 15.2-2141.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14152,"edition_id":1,"name":"Electric Authorities Act","identifier":"54","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12721,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:47:03","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:47:03","permalink":{"id":159171,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14152,"identifier":"54","token":"15.2\/IV\/54","url":"\/15.2\/IV\/54\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12721,"edition_id":1,"name":"Other Governmental Entities","identifier":"IV","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12720,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":157897,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12721,"identifier":"IV","token":"15.2\/IV","url":"\/15.2\/IV\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12720,"edition_id":1,"name":"Counties, Cities and Towns","identifier":"15.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":151279,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12720,"identifier":"15.2","token":"15.2","url":"\/15.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":65196,"structure_id":14152,"section_number":"15.2-5400","catch_line":"Short title","url":"\/15.2-5400\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/54\/15.2-5400","metadata":false},{"id":86116,"structure_id":14152,"section_number":"15.2-5401","catch_line":"Intent of General Assembly","url":"\/15.2-5401\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/54\/15.2-5401","metadata":false},{"id":72529,"structure_id":14152,"section_number":"15.2-5402","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/15.2-5402\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/54\/15.2-5402","metadata":false},{"id":79988,"structure_id":14152,"section_number":"15.2-5403","catch_line":"Creation of electric authority; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 416 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 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>; in 2003, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0940\">940<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":65586,"section_number":"15.2-2135","catch_line":"Disputes between jurisdictions involving dams or water impoundment; constitution of special court; vacancies occurring during trial","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2135\/"},{"id":74755,"section_number":"15.2-2141","catch_line":"Conflicting petitions for same territory; petition seeking territory in two or more counties","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2141\/"},{"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\/"},{"id":62316,"section_number":"25.1-200","catch_line":"Chapter controls condemnation proceedings","order_by":null,"url":"\/25.1-200\/"},{"id":83870,"section_number":"25.1-300","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/25.1-300\/"}],"permalink":{"id":159289,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81962,"identifier":"15.2-5425","token":"15.2\/IV\/54\/15.2-5425","url":"\/15.2-5425\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-5425\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/54\/15.2-5425","dublin_core":{"Title":"Eminent domain","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-5425","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>An <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span> created under the provisions of this chapter is hereby vested with the power of eminent domain and the same <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span> to exercise the power of eminent domain as is granted in Chapter 2 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Chapter controls condemnation proceedings\" href=\"\/25.1-200\/\">25.1-200<\/a> et seq.) of Title 25.1 and as is granted in Chapter 3 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/25.1-300\/\">25.1-300<\/a> et seq.) of Title 25.1, subject to the provisions of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Condemnation of property of corporations possessing power of eminent domain\" href=\"\/25.1-102\/\">25.1-102<\/a>, provided that this power shall not be used to acquire existing power supply facilities or plants held for future use. Furthermore, no <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span> may condemn property outside of the territorial limits of its member <span class=\"dictionary\">governmental units<\/span> without obtaining the consent of the <span class=\"dictionary\">governing body<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span> in which such property is located; however, in any case in which the approval by such <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span> is withheld, the <span class=\"dictionary\">authority<\/span> seeking such approval may <span class=\"dictionary\">petition<\/span> for the convening of a special <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>, pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Disputes between jurisdictions involving dams or water impoundment; constitution of special court; vacancies occurring during trial\" href=\"\/15.2-2135\/\">15.2-2135<\/a> through <a class=\"law\" title=\"Conflicting petitions for same territory; petition seeking territory in two or more counties\" href=\"\/15.2-2141\/\">15.2-2141<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEMINENT DOMAIN (\u00a7 15.2-5425)\n\nAn authority created under the provisions of this chapter is hereby vested with\nthe power of eminent domain and the same authority to exercise the power of\neminent domain as is granted in Chapter 2 (\u00a7 25.1-200 et seq.) of Title 25.1\nand as is granted in Chapter 3 (\u00a7 25.1-300 et seq.) of Title 25.1, subject to\nthe provisions of \u00a7 25.1-102, provided that this power shall not be used to\nacquire existing power supply facilities or plants held for future use.\nFurthermore, no authority may condemn property outside of the territorial limits\nof its member governmental units without obtaining the consent of the governing\nbody of the locality in which such property is located; however, in any case in\nwhich the approval by such locality is withheld, the authority seeking such\napproval may petition for the convening of a special court, pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7\n15.2-2135 through 15.2-2141.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 416, \u00a7 15.1-1628; 1997, c. 587; 2003, c. 940.","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}}