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If the local governing body decides that the gates shall be removed, it shall direct the sheriff of the county to remove the same, and the sheriff shall do so at such time as the local governing body may direct.\n\t\tWhen damages are allowed to any person or persons on account of the removal of such gates, such damages and the costs incident to the proceeding shall be paid out of the county general fund. Any such person shall have an appeal of right to the circuit court of the county, at any time within 10 days from the date of the order making such allowance, but only from the amount of damages allowed.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":231233,"text":"Whenever a public highway is, or has been, established with gates, any person may apply to the governing body of the county to have such gates discontinued, on which application proceedings shall be had in accordance with the applicable provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 33.2-706 through 33.2-717. 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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":[{"id":79364,"section_number":"33.2-706","catch_line":"How highways and bridges in counties established or altered; examination and report; width and grade of highways; employing engineer","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-706\/"},{"id":64852,"section_number":"33.2-717","catch_line":"Who shall pay costs, compensation, and damages","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-717\/"}],"permalink":{"id":206301,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63462,"identifier":"33.2-722","token":"33.2\/II\/7\/2\/33.2-722","url":"\/33.2-722\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-722\/","token":"33.2\/II\/7\/2\/33.2-722","dublin_core":{"Title":"Discontinuance of gates on public highways","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-722","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever a public highway<\/span> is, or has been, established with gates, any person may apply to the governing body of the county to have such gates discontinued, on which application proceedings shall be had in accordance with the applicable provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 33.2-706<\/a> through 33.2-717<\/a>. If the local governing body decides that the gates shall be removed, it shall direct the sheriff of the county to remove the same, and the sheriff shall do so at such time as the local governing body may direct.\n\t\tWhen damages<\/span> are allowed to any person or persons on account of the removal of such gates, such damages<\/span> and the costs incident to the proceeding shall be paid out of the county general fund. Any such person shall have an appeal<\/span> of right to the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of the county, at any time within 10 days from the date of the order<\/span> making such allowance, but only from the amount of damages<\/span> allowed.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISCONTINUANCE OF GATES ON PUBLIC HIGHWAYS (\u00a7 33.2-722)\n\nWhenever a public highway is, or has been, established with gates, any person\nmay apply to the governing body of the county to have such gates discontinued,\non which application proceedings shall be had in accordance with the applicable\nprovisions of \u00a7\u00a7 33.2-706 through 33.2-717. If the local governing body\ndecides that the gates shall be removed, it shall direct the sheriff of the\ncounty to remove the same, and the sheriff shall do so at such time as the local\ngoverning body may direct.\n\t\tWhen damages are allowed to any person or persons on account of the removal of\nsuch gates, such damages and the costs incident to the proceeding shall be paid\nout of the county general fund. Any such person shall have an appeal of right to\nthe circuit court of the county, at any time within 10 days from the date of the\norder making such allowance, but only from the amount of damages allowed.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-161; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7 33.1-246; 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}}