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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1962, chapter 426; in 2003, chapter 940<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75964,"section_number":"25.1-247","catch_line":"Recordation of orders, judgments and proceedings; costs","order_by":null,"url":"\/25.1-247\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":189707,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57787,"identifier":"25.1-236","token":"25.1\/2\/6\/25.1-236","url":"\/25.1-236\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/25.1-236\/","token":"25.1\/2\/6\/25.1-236","dublin_core":{"Title":"Contracts made part of report","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 25.1-236","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If the petitioner<\/span> and the person<\/span> whose property<\/span> is being condemned under the provisions of this chapter shall, before the report of just compensation is made, (i) enter into any contract<\/span> in relation to building, operating, or maintaining the proposed work, or in relation to fencing, culverts, depots, stations, crossings, sidings, cattle guards, damage from fire, injury to or destruction of property<\/span>, real or personal, or like matters, and (ii) introduce such contract<\/span> at the trial<\/span> of the issue<\/span> of just compensation, such contract<\/span> shall be accepted and made a part of the report of the award of just compensation. Upon confirmation of such report, the contract<\/span> shall thereafter run as a covenant with the land<\/span> or with the interest or estate therein taken.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONTRACTS MADE PART OF REPORT (\u00a7 25.1-236)\n\nIf the petitioner and the person whose property is being condemned under the\nprovisions of this chapter shall, before the report of just compensation is\nmade, (i) enter into any contract in relation to building, operating, or\nmaintaining the proposed work, or in relation to fencing, culverts, depots,\nstations, crossings, sidings, cattle guards, damage from fire, injury to or\ndestruction of property, real or personal, or like matters, and (ii) introduce\nsuch contract at the trial of the issue of just compensation, such contract\nshall be accepted and made a part of the report of the award of just\ncompensation. Upon confirmation of such report, the contract shall thereafter\nrun as a covenant with the land or with the interest or estate therein taken.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 4380; Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 25-36, 25-37; 1962, c. 426, \u00a7\n25-46.23; 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}}