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This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 738 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 1972 \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 2003, chapter 940<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 788<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":189953,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75380,"identifier":"25.1-419","token":"25.1\/4\/3\/25.1-419","url":"\/25.1-419\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/25.1-419\/","token":"25.1\/4\/3\/25.1-419","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reimbursement of owner for costs when taking is abandoned or denied","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 25.1-419","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The court<\/span> in which a condemnation proceeding is instituted by a state agency<\/span> to acquire real property<\/span> by condemnation shall award the owner<\/span> of any right, title, or interest in such real property<\/span> such sum as will, in the opinion<\/span> of the court<\/span>, reimburse such owner<\/span> for his reasonable costs, disbursements, and expenses, including reasonable attorney, appraisal<\/span>, and engineering fees, actually incurred because of the condemnation proceedings, if (i) the final judgment<\/span> is that the state agency<\/span> cannot acquire the real property<\/span> by condemnation or (ii) the taking is abandoned by the state agency<\/span>, in full or in part. The award of such sums shall be paid by the state agency<\/span> that sought to condemn the property<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREIMBURSEMENT OF OWNER FOR COSTS WHEN TAKING IS ABANDONED OR DENIED (\u00a7\n25.1-419)\n\nThe court in which a condemnation proceeding is instituted by a state agency to\nacquire real property by condemnation shall award the owner of any right, title,\nor interest in such real property such sum as will, in the opinion of the court,\nreimburse such owner for his reasonable costs, disbursements, and expenses,\nincluding reasonable attorney, appraisal, and engineering fees, actually\nincurred because of the condemnation proceedings, if (i) the final judgment is\nthat the state agency cannot acquire the real property by condemnation or (ii)\nthe taking is abandoned by the state agency, in full or in part. The award of\nsuch sums shall be paid by the state agency that sought to condemn the property.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 738, \u00a7 25-250; 2003, c. 940; 2019, c. 788.","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}}