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In the case of proceedings for abandonment of any section of highway, not including a railroad crossing situated less than one and one-half miles from another public crossing over the same railroad, as a public highway under the provisions of this article, the local governing body, insofar as such section of highway is located within the county of such governing body, shall have authority to take over such section of highway, not including the railroad crossing, and maintain it as a public highway. However, the local governing body shall adopt an ordinance or resolution to that effect and to give notice thereof to the Commissioner of Highways within 30 days from the posting or publishing and mailing of the notice of the application for the abandonment of such section of highway as a public highway as provided in this article.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":299550,"text":"In the case of abandonment of a section of highway or a railroad crossing that is part of the primary state highway system under the provisions of this article, such section of highway or such railroad crossing shall not thereafter be a public highway or public railroad crossing unless conveyed to the county or town and subject to the authority of the local governing body. 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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":206353,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83588,"identifier":"33.2-904","token":"33.2\/II\/9\/1\/33.2-904","url":"\/33.2-904\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-904\/","token":"33.2\/II\/9\/1\/33.2-904","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect of abandonment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-904","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In the case of abandonment<\/span> of a section of highway<\/span> or a railroad crossing that is part of the primary state highway<\/span> system under the provisions of this article, such section of highway<\/span> or such railroad crossing shall not thereafter be a public highway<\/span> or public railroad crossing unless conveyed to the county or town and subject to the authority of the local governing body. In the case of proceedings for abandonment<\/span> of any section of highway<\/span>, not including a railroad crossing situated less than one and one-half miles from another public crossing over the same railroad, as a public highway<\/span> under the provisions of this article, the local governing body, insofar as such section of highway<\/span> is located within the county of such governing body, shall have authority to take over such section of highway<\/span>, not including the railroad crossing, and maintain it as a public highway<\/span>. However, the local governing body shall adopt an ordinance<\/span> or resolution to that effect and to give notice thereof to the Commissioner of Highways<\/span> within 30 days from the posting or publishing and mailing of the notice of the application for the abandonment<\/span> of such section of highway<\/span> as a public highway<\/span> as provided in this article.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT OF ABANDONMENT (\u00a7 33.2-904)\n\nIn the case of abandonment of a section of highway or a railroad crossing that\nis part of the primary state highway system under the provisions of this\narticle, such section of highway or such railroad crossing shall not thereafter\nbe a public highway or public railroad crossing unless conveyed to the county or\ntown and subject to the authority of the local governing body. In the case of\nproceedings for abandonment of any section of highway, not including a railroad\ncrossing situated less than one and one-half miles from another public crossing\nover the same railroad, as a public highway under the provisions of this\narticle, the local governing body, insofar as such section of highway is located\nwithin the county of such governing body, shall have authority to take over such\nsection of highway, not including the railroad crossing, and maintain it as a\npublic highway. However, the local governing body shall adopt an ordinance or\nresolution to that effect and to give notice thereof to the Commissioner of\nHighways within 30 days from the posting or publishing and mailing of the notice\nof the application for the abandonment of such section of highway as a public\nhighway as provided in this article.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-76.3; 1950, p. 728; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7 33.1-146; 2014,\nc. 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}}