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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 1970, chapter 322; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":58309,"section_number":"33.2-610","catch_line":"Sections 33.2-606 through 33.2-609 not applicable to certain toll bridges","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-610\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":70042,"section_number":"33.2-602","catch_line":"Toll bridges; when privilege ceases","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-602\/"},{"id":58309,"section_number":"33.2-610","catch_line":"Sections 33.2-606 through 33.2-609 not applicable to certain toll bridges","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-610\/"}],"permalink":{"id":206175,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76065,"identifier":"33.2-609","token":"33.2\/II\/6\/33.2-609","url":"\/33.2-609\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-609\/","token":"33.2\/II\/6\/33.2-609","dublin_core":{"Title":"Conveyance of toll bridge by Commonwealth","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-609","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In the event a toll bridge, at the time it is purchased by the Commonwealth under the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 33.2-602<\/a> through 33.2-610<\/a>, is not on the line of a highway<\/span> then in one of the systems of state highways, the Commissioner of Highways<\/span> may convey such toll bridge and approaches and other property to such county or counties in which it may be in whole or in part located, upon the payment by such county or counties of the amount paid by the Commonwealth for such toll bridge and approaches and other property, with interest on such amount at six percent per year from the time of such payment by the Commonwealth. The conveyance shall be executed in the name and on behalf of the Commonwealth by the Commissioner of Highways<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONVEYANCE OF TOLL BRIDGE BY COMMONWEALTH (\u00a7 33.2-609)\n\nIn the event a toll bridge, at the time it is purchased by the Commonwealth\nunder the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 33.2-602 through 33.2-610, is not on the line of a\nhighway then in one of the systems of state highways, the Commissioner of\nHighways may convey such toll bridge and approaches and other property to such\ncounty or counties in which it may be in whole or in part located, upon the\npayment by such county or counties of the amount paid by the Commonwealth for\nsuch toll bridge and approaches and other property, with interest on such amount\nat six percent per year from the time of such payment by the Commonwealth. The\nconveyance shall be executed in the name and on behalf of the Commonwealth by\nthe Commissioner of Highways.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-225; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7 33.1-265; 2014, c. 805.","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}}