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The court shall hear the matter de novo as to the amount of compensation and damages with the further right of appeal as provided by general law. 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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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":206277,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56434,"identifier":"33.2-716","token":"33.2\/II\/7\/2\/33.2-716","url":"\/33.2-716\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-716\/","token":"33.2\/II\/7\/2\/33.2-716","dublin_core":{"Title":"Appeal to circuit court","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-716","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If an applicant, proprietor, or tenant is not satisfied with the decision of the local governing body with respect to the amount of compensation or damages<\/span> allowed, he may appeal<\/span>, but only on the question of compensation and damages<\/span>, to the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of the county, provided such appeal<\/span> is filed within 60 days. The court<\/span> shall hear the matter de novo<\/span> as to the amount of compensation and damages<\/span> with the further right of appeal<\/span> as provided by general law<\/span>. Upon the hearing<\/span> of the appeal<\/span>, the court<\/span> shall ascertain the amount of compensation and damages<\/span>, if any, to which such proprietor is entitled, and shall certify the same to the local governing body, which shall proceed to carry out the judgment<\/span> of the court<\/span>, provided that the local governing body shall be summoned to appear at the hearing<\/span> of the appeal<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPEAL TO CIRCUIT COURT (\u00a7 33.2-716)\n\nIf an applicant, proprietor, or tenant is not satisfied with the decision of the\nlocal governing body with respect to the amount of compensation or damages\nallowed, he may appeal, but only on the question of compensation and damages, to\nthe circuit court of the county, provided such appeal is filed within 60 days.\nThe court shall hear the matter de novo as to the amount of compensation and\ndamages with the further right of appeal as provided by general law. Upon the\nhearing of the appeal, the court shall ascertain the amount of compensation and\ndamages, if any, to which such proprietor is entitled, and shall certify the\nsame to the local governing body, which shall proceed to carry out the judgment\nof the court, provided that the local governing body shall be summoned to appear\nat the hearing of the appeal.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-152; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7 33.1-239; 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}}