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The court shall have the same power over the reports of the body determining just compensation as it now has over verdicts of juries in civil actions.C\n\nUpon hearing of exceptions to the report the court shall not recall and question the members of the body determining just compensation as to the manner in which their report was determined unless there be an allegation in such written exceptions that fraud, collusion, corruption or improper conduct entered into the report. If such allegation is made, the judge shall summon the members of the body determining just compensation to appear and he alone shall question them concerning their actions. If the court be satisfied that fraud, collusion, corruption or improper conduct entered into the report of the body determining just compensation, the report shall be set aside and a new body to determine just compensation shall be empanelled to rehear the case.D\n\nIf the court be satisfied that no such fraud, collusion, corruption or improper conduct entered into the report of the body determining just compensation, or no other cause exists that would justify setting aside or modifying a jury verdict in civil actions, the report shall be confirmed.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":239631,"text":"The report of the body determining just compensation may be confirmed or set aside forthwith by the court.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":239632,"text":"However, when the report is so filed and before the court passes thereon, either party shall have the right to file written exceptions to the report, which shall be filed not later than 10 days after the rendering of the report by the body determining just compensation. 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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 1956, chapter 563; in 1962, chapter 426; in 1991, chapter 520; in 2000, chapter 1029<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 940<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":80563,"section_number":"25.1-234","catch_line":"Participation by certain tenants in proceedings to determine just compensation","order_by":null,"url":"\/25.1-234\/"},{"id":63987,"section_number":"33.2-1013","catch_line":"Notice of exercise of eminent domain power; evidence of value","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1013\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":189695,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65942,"identifier":"25.1-233","token":"25.1\/2\/6\/25.1-233","url":"\/25.1-233\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/25.1-233\/","token":"25.1\/2\/6\/25.1-233","dublin_core":{"Title":"Confirmation of report; exceptions to report","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 25.1-233","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The report of the body determining just compensation<\/span> may be confirmed or set aside forthwith by the court<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> However, when the report is so filed and before the court<\/span> passes thereon, either party<\/span> shall have the right to file written exceptions to the report, which shall be filed not later than 10 days after the rendering of the report by the body determining just compensation<\/span>. The court<\/span> shall have the same power over the reports of the body determining just compensation<\/span> as it now has over verdicts<\/span> of juries in civil actions<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Upon hearing<\/span> of exceptions to the report the court<\/span> shall not recall and question the members of the body determining just compensation<\/span> as to the manner in which their report was determined unless there be an allegation<\/span> in such written exceptions that fraud<\/span>, collusion, corruption or improper conduct entered into the report. If such allegation<\/span> is made, the judge<\/span> shall summon the members of the body determining just compensation<\/span> to appear and he alone shall question them concerning their actions. If the court<\/span> be satisfied that fraud<\/span>, collusion, corruption or improper conduct entered into the report of the body determining just compensation<\/span>, the report shall be set aside and a new body to determine just compensation shall be empanelled to rehear the case. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> If the court<\/span> be satisfied that no such fraud<\/span>, collusion, corruption or improper conduct entered into the report of the body determining just compensation<\/span>, or no other cause exists that would justify setting aside or modifying a jury<\/span> verdict<\/span> in civil actions<\/span>, the report shall be confirmed. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONFIRMATION OF REPORT; EXCEPTIONS TO REPORT (\u00a7 25.1-233)\n\nA. The report of the body determining just compensation may be confirmed or set\naside forthwith by the court.\n\nB. However, when the report is so filed and before the court passes thereon,\neither party shall have the right to file written exceptions to the report,\nwhich shall be filed not later than 10 days after the rendering of the report by\nthe body determining just compensation. The court shall have the same power over\nthe reports of the body determining just compensation as it now has over\nverdicts of juries in civil actions.\n\nC. Upon hearing of exceptions to the report the court shall not recall and\nquestion the members of the body determining just compensation as to the manner\nin which their report was determined unless there be an allegation in such\nwritten exceptions that fraud, collusion, corruption or improper conduct entered\ninto the report. If such allegation is made, the judge shall summon the members\nof the body determining just compensation to appear and he alone shall question\nthem concerning their actions. If the court be satisfied that fraud, collusion,\ncorruption or improper conduct entered into the report of the body determining\njust compensation, the report shall be set aside and a new body to determine\njust compensation shall be empanelled to rehear the case.\n\nD. If the court be satisfied that no such fraud, collusion, corruption or\nimproper conduct entered into the report of the body determining just\ncompensation, or no other cause exists that would justify setting aside or\nmodifying a jury verdict in civil actions, the report shall be confirmed.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7\u00a7 4368, 4369; Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 25-17, 25-18, 25-18.1;\n1956, c. 563; 1962, c. 426, \u00a7 25-46.21; 1991, c. 520; 2000, c. 1029; 2003, c.\n940.","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}}