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However, this section shall not require the institution of condemnation proceedings if they have been instituted prior to the recordation of such certificate. The authorized condemnor and the property owner may mutually agree to delay the institution of condemnation proceedings by written agreement between the parties or counsel for the parties.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":260365,"text":"The authorized condemnor shall institute condemnation proceedings with respect to property described in a certificate within 100 days of the recordation of the certificate if (i) the authorized condemnor and the owner or owners of property taken or damaged by the authorized condemnor are unable to agree as to the compensation, if any, attributable to such taking or damage or (ii) such agreement cannot be obtained because the owners or one or more of them are under a disability, are unknown, or cannot with reasonable diligence be found within the Commonwealth. 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This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 940<\/a> 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. 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 2017, chapter 593<\/a>; in 2025, chapter 617<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":189837,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72280,"identifier":"25.1-313","token":"25.1\/3\/25.1-313","url":"\/25.1-313\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/25.1-313\/","token":"25.1\/3\/25.1-313","dublin_core":{"Title":"Institution of condemnation proceedings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 25.1-313","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The authorized condemnor<\/span> shall institute condemnation proceedings with respect to property<\/span> described in a certificate<\/span> within 100 days of the recordation of the certificate<\/span> if (i) the authorized condemnor<\/span> and the owner<\/span> or owners<\/span> of property<\/span> taken or damaged by the authorized condemnor<\/span> are unable to agree as to the compensation, if any, attributable to such taking or damage or (ii) such agreement cannot be obtained because the owners<\/span> or one or more of them are under a disability, are unknown, or cannot with reasonable diligence be found within the Commonwealth. However, this section shall not require the institution of condemnation proceedings if they have been instituted prior to the recordation of such certificate<\/span>. The authorized condemnor<\/span> and the property<\/span> owner<\/span> may mutually agree to delay the institution of condemnation proceedings by written agreement between the parties or counsel<\/span> for the parties.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINSTITUTION OF CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS (\u00a7 25.1-313)\n\nThe authorized condemnor shall institute condemnation proceedings with respect\nto property described in a certificate within 100 days of the recordation of the\ncertificate if (i) the authorized condemnor and the owner or owners of property\ntaken or damaged by the authorized condemnor are unable to agree as to the\ncompensation, if any, attributable to such taking or damage or (ii) such\nagreement cannot be obtained because the owners or one or more of them are under\na disability, are unknown, or cannot with reasonable diligence be found within\nthe Commonwealth. However, this section shall not require the institution of\ncondemnation proceedings if they have been instituted prior to the recordation\nof such certificate. The authorized condemnor and the property owner may\nmutually agree to delay the institution of condemnation proceedings by written\nagreement between the parties or counsel for the parties.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 940; 2017, c. 593; 2025, c. 617.","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}}