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This law was first created in 1962. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 426 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 1962 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2003, chapter 940<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86053,"section_number":"25.1-218","catch_line":"Intervention in proceedings","order_by":null,"url":"\/25.1-218\/"},{"id":55546,"section_number":"25.1-241","catch_line":"Hearing on controversy among claimants to money paid into court","order_by":null,"url":"\/25.1-241\/"}],"permalink":{"id":189635,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83481,"identifier":"25.1-222","token":"25.1\/2\/2\/25.1-222","url":"\/25.1-222\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/25.1-222\/","token":"25.1\/2\/2\/25.1-222","dublin_core":{"Title":"Proceedings not to be delayed by claims with respect to ownership of property","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 25.1-222","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No delay in the proceeding for the determination of just compensation shall be occasioned by the claims of the parties with respect to the ownership of any land<\/span> or other property<\/span> or to the interest therein of the respective parties. In such cases the court<\/span> shall require the retention of the deposit of the award for the whole property<\/span>, or the part in dispute, until the rights of the respective parties have been determined in the manner hereinafter provided in \u00a7 25.1-241<\/a>; provided, however, the court<\/span> shall permit any such claimants to intervene as parties to the proceedings as provided in \u00a7 25.1-218<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROCEEDINGS NOT TO BE DELAYED BY CLAIMS WITH RESPECT TO OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY\n(\u00a7 25.1-222)\n\nNo delay in the proceeding for the determination of just compensation shall be\noccasioned by the claims of the parties with respect to the ownership of any\nland or other property or to the interest therein of the respective parties. In\nsuch cases the court shall require the retention of the deposit of the award for\nthe whole property, or the part in dispute, until the rights of the respective\nparties have been determined in the manner hereinafter provided in \u00a7 25.1-241;\nprovided, however, the court shall permit any such claimants to intervene as\nparties to the proceedings as provided in \u00a7 25.1-218.\n\nHISTORY: 1962, c. 426, \u00a7 25-46.18; 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}}