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This law was first created in 1986. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 631 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":64745,"section_number":"33.2-908","catch_line":"Discontinuance of highway, landing, or railroad crossing; procedure","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-908\/"}],"permalink":{"id":206429,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73513,"identifier":"33.2-922","token":"33.2\/II\/9\/3\/33.2-922","url":"\/33.2-922\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-922\/","token":"33.2\/II\/9\/3\/33.2-922","dublin_core":{"Title":"Recordation of abandonment of roads, highways, or railroad crossings by counties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-922","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A certified copy of any ordinance<\/span>, resolution, or order<\/span> abandoning a road, highway<\/span>, or railroad crossing by a county adopted pursuant to Article 2 (\u00a7 33.2-908<\/a> et seq.) or this article shall be recorded and indexed in the deed book in the name of the county as grantor or where record title to the underlying fee is not known shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of court<\/span> in the county where such road, highway<\/span>, or railroad crossing is located in the name of the county adopting such ordinance<\/span> or resolution or entering such order<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECORDATION OF ABANDONMENT OF ROADS, HIGHWAYS, OR RAILROAD CROSSINGS BY COUNTIES\n(\u00a7 33.2-922)\n\nA certified copy of any ordinance, resolution, or order abandoning a road,\nhighway, or railroad crossing by a county adopted pursuant to Article 2 (\u00a7\n33.2-908 et seq.) or this article shall be recorded and indexed in the deed book\nin the name of the county as grantor or where record title to the underlying fee\nis not known shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of court in the county\nwhere such road, highway, or railroad crossing is located in the name of the\ncounty adopting such ordinance or resolution or entering such order.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 631, \u00a7 33.1-163.1; 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}}