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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":206405,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83550,"identifier":"33.2-916","token":"33.2\/II\/9\/3\/33.2-916","url":"\/33.2-916\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-916\/","token":"33.2\/II\/9\/3\/33.2-916","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notice of proposed abandonment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-916","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In the case of a proposed abandonment<\/span> of a road not part of the primary or secondary state highway<\/span> system, the governing body shall give at least 30 days’ notice of its intention to do so by posting notice at the front door of the courthouse, by posting notices on at least three places along and visible from the road proposed to be abandoned, and by publishing notice in at least two issues<\/span> in a newspaper having general circulation in the county. All such notices shall state the time and place at which the governing body will meet to consider the abandonment<\/span> of such road.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTICE OF PROPOSED ABANDONMENT (\u00a7 33.2-916)\n\nIn the case of a proposed abandonment of a road not part of the primary or\nsecondary state highway system, the governing body shall give at least 30\ndays’ notice of its intention to do so by posting notice at the front door\nof the courthouse, by posting notices on at least three places along and visible\nfrom the road proposed to be abandoned, and by publishing notice in at least two\nissues in a newspaper having general circulation in the county. All such notices\nshall state the time and place at which the governing body will meet to consider\nthe abandonment of such road.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-76.15; 1950, p. 734; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7 33.1-158; 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}}