{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/33.2-913.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/33.2-913.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/33.2-913.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/33.2-913.html"}],"law_id":76031,"edition_id":1,"section_id":76031,"structure_id":16031,"section_number":"33.2-913","catch_line":"Conveying sections of highways, landings, or other property no longer necessary","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7 33-76.11; 1950, p. 733; 1956, c. 106; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7 33.1-154; 1981, c. 323; 2002, c. 445; 2011, cc. 36, 152; 2014, c. 805.","full_text":"A\n\nWhenever a secondary highway or landing has been abandoned in accordance with the provisions of § 33.2-909 or 33.2-910 or in accordance with § 33.2-912 and its use is no longer deemed necessary by the Commissioner of Highways, the Commissioner of Highways shall so certify in writing to the governing body of the county in which such highway or landing is located, and the governing body of the county or the Commissioner of Highways shall then be authorized to execute, in the name of the Commonwealth or the county, a deed or deeds conveying such section or sections of highway or such landing, either for consideration or in exchange for other lands that may be necessary for the uses of the secondary state highway system. Before any such deed either for the sale or exchange of land is executed conveying any section of a highway or landing along which any person resides, notice shall be given by the Commissioner of Highways or the governing body of the county and to the owner or owners of the land upon which such person resides of the intention to convey the section of highway or the landing and if after a reasonable notice of such intention any such landowner so requests, a hearing shall be ordered by the Commissioner of Highways or governing body of the county as provided in this article. If upon such hearing it is determined that such section of highway or landing should be kept open for the reasonable convenience of such landowner or the public, then such section of highway or landing shall not be conveyed.\n\t\t\tAny such conveyance by the governing body of a county shall not be subject to § 15.2-1800.B\n\nWhen real estate acquired by the Commonwealth incidental to the construction, reconstruction, alteration, maintenance, and repair of the secondary state highway system does not constitute a section of a public highway and is deemed by the Commissioner of Highways no longer necessary for the uses of the secondary state highway system, the Commissioner of Highways shall so certify in writing and is authorized to execute in the name of the Commonwealth a deed or deeds conveying such real estate, interest therein, or any portion thereof, either for consideration or in exchange for other lands that may be necessary for the uses of the secondary state highway system.C\n\nUpon petition of a local governing body, the Board may transfer real estate acquired incidental to the construction, reconstruction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of the secondary state highway system that constitutes a section of public highway to the local governing body, and upon such transfer, such section of highway shall cease being a part of the secondary state highway system.\n\t\t\tAny such conveyance shall be subject to approval of the Board by resolution and recorded in the minutes of the Board.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":272900,"text":"Whenever a secondary highway or landing has been abandoned in accordance with the provisions of § 33.2-909 or 33.2-910 or in accordance with § 33.2-912 and its use is no longer deemed necessary by the Commissioner of Highways, the Commissioner of Highways shall so certify in writing to the governing body of the county in which such highway or landing is located, and the governing body of the county or the Commissioner of Highways shall then be authorized to execute, in the name of the Commonwealth or the county, a deed or deeds conveying such section or sections of highway or such landing, either for consideration or in exchange for other lands that may be necessary for the uses of the secondary state highway system. Before any such deed either for the sale or exchange of land is executed conveying any section of a highway or landing along which any person resides, notice shall be given by the Commissioner of Highways or the governing body of the county and to the owner or owners of the land upon which such person resides of the intention to convey the section of highway or the landing and if after a reasonable notice of such intention any such landowner so requests, a hearing shall be ordered by the Commissioner of Highways or governing body of the county as provided in this article. If upon such hearing it is determined that such section of highway or landing should be kept open for the reasonable convenience of such landowner or the public, then such section of highway or landing shall not be conveyed.\n\t\t\tAny such conveyance by the governing body of a county shall not be subject to § 15.2-1800.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":272901,"text":"When real estate acquired by the Commonwealth incidental to the construction, reconstruction, alteration, maintenance, and repair of the secondary state highway system does not constitute a section of a public highway and is deemed by the Commissioner of Highways no longer necessary for the uses of the secondary state highway system, the Commissioner of Highways shall so certify in writing and is authorized to execute in the name of the Commonwealth a deed or deeds conveying such real estate, interest therein, or any portion thereof, either for consideration or in exchange for other lands that may be necessary for the uses of the secondary state highway system.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":272902,"text":"Upon petition of a local governing body, the Board may transfer real estate acquired incidental to the construction, reconstruction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of the secondary state highway system that constitutes a section of public highway to the local governing body, and upon such transfer, such section of highway shall cease being a part of the secondary state highway system.\n\t\t\tAny such conveyance shall be subject to approval of the Board by resolution and recorded in the minutes of the Board.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B"}},"ancestry":[{"id":16031,"edition_id":1,"name":"Abandonment and Discontinuance of Highways in Secondary State Highway System","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13179,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 04:04:17","date_modified":"2026-06-26 04:04:17","permalink":{"id":206369,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":16031,"identifier":"2","token":"33.2\/II\/9\/2","url":"\/33.2\/II\/9\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13179,"edition_id":1,"name":"Abandonment and Discontinuance of Highways and Roads","identifier":"9","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12830,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:24","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:24","permalink":{"id":206333,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13179,"identifier":"9","token":"33.2\/II\/9","url":"\/33.2\/II\/9\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12830,"edition_id":1,"name":"Modes of Transportation: Highways, Bridges, Ferries, Rail, and Public Transportation","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12806,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","permalink":{"id":205369,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12830,"identifier":"II","token":"33.2\/II","url":"\/33.2\/II\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12806,"edition_id":1,"name":"Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems","identifier":"33.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:54","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:54","permalink":{"id":204785,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12806,"identifier":"33.2","token":"33.2","url":"\/33.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":64745,"structure_id":16031,"section_number":"33.2-908","catch_line":"Discontinuance of highway, landing, or railroad crossing; 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1956, chapter 106; in 1970, chapter 322; in 1981, chapter 323; in 2002, chapter 445<\/a>; in 2011, chapters 36<\/a> and 152<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":83694,"section_number":"33.2-909","catch_line":"Abandonment of highway, landing, or railroad crossing; procedure","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-909\/"},{"id":62815,"section_number":"33.2-910","catch_line":"Appeal to circuit court","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-910\/"},{"id":86645,"section_number":"33.2-912","catch_line":"Alternative procedure for abandonment of old highway or crossing to extent of alteration","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-912\/"}],"permalink":{"id":206391,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76031,"identifier":"33.2-913","token":"33.2\/II\/9\/2\/33.2-913","url":"\/33.2-913\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-913\/","token":"33.2\/II\/9\/2\/33.2-913","dublin_core":{"Title":"Conveying sections of highways, landings, or other property no longer necessary","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-913","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Whenever a secondary highway<\/span> or landing has been abandoned in accordance with the provisions of § 33.2-909<\/a> or 33.2-910<\/a> or in accordance with § 33.2-912<\/a> and its use is no longer deemed necessary by the Commissioner of Highways<\/span>, the Commissioner of Highways<\/span> shall so certify in writing to the governing body of the county in which such highway or landing is located, and the governing body of the county or the Commissioner of Highways<\/span> shall then be authorized to execute, in the name of the Commonwealth or the county, a deed or deeds conveying such section or sections of highway or such landing, either for consideration or in exchange for other lands that may be necessary for the uses of the secondary state highway system. Before any such deed either for the sale or exchange of land is executed conveying any section of a highway or landing along which any person resides, notice shall be given by the Commissioner of Highways<\/span> or the governing body of the county and to the owner or owners of the land upon which such person resides of the intention to convey the section of highway or the landing and if after a reasonable notice of such intention any such landowner so requests, a hearing<\/span> shall be ordered by the Commissioner of Highways<\/span> or governing body of the county as provided in this article. If upon such hearing<\/span> it is determined that such section of highway or landing should be kept open for the reasonable convenience of such landowner or the public, then such section of highway or landing shall not be conveyed.\n\t\t\tAny such conveyance by the governing body of a county shall not be subject to § 15.2-1800<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> When real estate acquired by the Commonwealth incidental to the construction, reconstruction, alteration, maintenance<\/span>, and repair of the secondary state highway system does not constitute a section of a public highway and is deemed by the Commissioner of Highways<\/span> no longer necessary for the uses of the secondary state highway system, the Commissioner of Highways<\/span> shall so certify in writing and is authorized to execute in the name of the Commonwealth a deed or deeds conveying such real estate, interest therein, or any portion thereof, either for consideration or in exchange for other lands that may be necessary for the uses of the secondary state highway system. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Upon petition<\/span> of a local governing body, the Board<\/span> may transfer real estate acquired incidental to the construction, reconstruction, alteration, maintenance<\/span>, or repair of the secondary state highway system that constitutes a section of public highway to the local governing body, and upon such transfer, such section of highway shall cease being a part of the secondary state highway system.\n\t\t\tAny such conveyance shall be subject to approval of the Board<\/span> by resolution and recorded in the minutes of the Board<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONVEYING SECTIONS OF HIGHWAYS, LANDINGS, OR OTHER PROPERTY NO LONGER NECESSARY\n(\u00a7 33.2-913)\n\nA. Whenever a secondary highway or landing has been abandoned in accordance with\nthe provisions of § 33.2-909 or 33.2-910 or in accordance with §\n33.2-912 and its use is no longer deemed necessary by the Commissioner of\nHighways, the Commissioner of Highways shall so certify in writing to the\ngoverning body of the county in which such highway or landing is located, and\nthe governing body of the county or the Commissioner of Highways shall then be\nauthorized to execute, in the name of the Commonwealth or the county, a deed or\ndeeds conveying such section or sections of highway or such landing, either for\nconsideration or in exchange for other lands that may be necessary for the uses\nof the secondary state highway system. Before any such deed either for the sale\nor exchange of land is executed conveying any section of a highway or landing\nalong which any person resides, notice shall be given by the Commissioner of\nHighways or the governing body of the county and to the owner or owners of the\nland upon which such person resides of the intention to convey the section of\nhighway or the landing and if after a reasonable notice of such intention any\nsuch landowner so requests, a hearing shall be ordered by the Commissioner of\nHighways or governing body of the county as provided in this article. If upon\nsuch hearing it is determined that such section of highway or landing should be\nkept open for the reasonable convenience of such landowner or the public, then\nsuch section of highway or landing shall not be conveyed.\n\t\t\tAny such conveyance by the governing body of a county shall not be subject to\n§ 15.2-1800.\n\nB. When real estate acquired by the Commonwealth incidental to the construction,\nreconstruction, alteration, maintenance, and repair of the secondary state\nhighway system does not constitute a section of a public highway and is deemed\nby the Commissioner of Highways no longer necessary for the uses of the\nsecondary state highway system, the Commissioner of Highways shall so certify in\nwriting and is authorized to execute in the name of the Commonwealth a deed or\ndeeds conveying such real estate, interest therein, or any portion thereof,\neither for consideration or in exchange for other lands that may be necessary\nfor the uses of the secondary state highway system.\n\nC. Upon petition of a local governing body, the Board may transfer real estate\nacquired incidental to the construction, reconstruction, alteration,\nmaintenance, or repair of the secondary state highway system that constitutes a\nsection of public highway to the local governing body, and upon such transfer,\nsuch section of highway shall cease being a part of the secondary state highway\nsystem.\n\t\t\tAny such conveyance shall be subject to approval of the Board by resolution\nand recorded in the minutes of the Board.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-76.11; 1950, p. 733; 1956, c. 106; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7\n33.1-154; 1981, c. 323; 2002, c. 445; 2011, cc. 36, 152; 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}}