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(ii) the Attorney General effects a settlement of any such proceeding in which the Commonwealth is a party, the court or Attorney General, as appropriate, shall determine and award or allow to such plaintiff, as a part of such judgment or settlement, such sum as will, in the opinion of the court or the Attorney General, as the case may be, reimburse such plaintiff for his reasonable costs, disbursements and expenses, including reasonable attorney, appraisal and engineering fees, actually incurred because of such proceeding.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":256784,"text":"If a declaratory judgment proceeding is instituted pursuant to \u00a7 8.01-187 by the owner of any right, title or interest in real property because of use of his property in any program or project undertaken by a state agency, and either (i) the court renders a judgment for the plaintiff in such proceeding and awards compensation for the damaging or taking of property or (ii) the Attorney General effects a 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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 2017, chapter 735<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":56402,"section_number":"8.01-187","catch_line":"Commissioners, condemnation jurors, or court to determine compensation for property taken or damaged","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-187\/"}],"permalink":{"id":189957,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71243,"identifier":"25.1-420","token":"25.1\/4\/3\/25.1-420","url":"\/25.1-420\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/25.1-420\/","token":"25.1\/4\/3\/25.1-420","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reimbursement of owner for costs incurred in inverse condemnation proceeding","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 25.1-420","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If a declaratory judgment<\/span> proceeding is instituted pursuant to \u00a7 8.01-187<\/a> by the owner<\/span> of any right, title or interest in real property<\/span> because of use of his property<\/span> in any program or project undertaken by a state agency<\/span>, and either (i) the court<\/span> renders a judgment for the plaintiff<\/span> in such proceeding and awards compensation for the damaging or taking of property<\/span> or (ii) the Attorney General<\/span> effects a settlement<\/span> of any such proceeding in which the Commonwealth is a party<\/span>, the court<\/span> or Attorney General<\/span>, as appropriate, shall determine and award or allow to such plaintiff<\/span>, as a part of such judgment or settlement<\/span>, such sum as will, in the opinion<\/span> of the court<\/span> or the Attorney General<\/span>, as the case may be, reimburse such plaintiff<\/span> for his reasonable costs, disbursements and expenses, including reasonable attorney, appraisal<\/span> and engineering fees, actually incurred because of such proceeding.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREIMBURSEMENT OF OWNER FOR COSTS INCURRED IN INVERSE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDING (\u00a7\n25.1-420)\n\nIf a declaratory judgment proceeding is instituted pursuant to \u00a7 8.01-187 by\nthe owner of any right, title or interest in real property because of use of his\nproperty in any program or project undertaken by a state agency, and either (i)\nthe court renders a judgment for the plaintiff in such proceeding and awards\ncompensation for the damaging or taking of property or (ii) the Attorney General\neffects a settlement of any such proceeding in which the Commonwealth is a\nparty, the court or Attorney General, as appropriate, shall determine and award\nor allow to such plaintiff, as a part of such judgment or settlement, such sum\nas will, in the opinion of the court or the Attorney General, as the case may\nbe, reimburse such plaintiff for his reasonable costs, disbursements and\nexpenses, including reasonable attorney, appraisal and engineering fees,\nactually incurred because of such proceeding.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 738, \u00a7 25-251; 2003, c. 940; 2017, c. 735.","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}}