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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1952, chapter 123; in 1970, chapter 322; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":206433,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72099,"identifier":"33.2-923","token":"33.2\/II\/9\/3\/33.2-923","url":"\/33.2-923\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-923\/","token":"33.2\/II\/9\/3\/33.2-923","dublin_core":{"Title":"Alternative procedure for abandonment of old road or crossing to extent of alteration","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-923","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When any road or any road containing a highway<\/span>-rail grade crossing has been or is altered and a new road that serves the same users as the old road is constructed as a replacement and approved by the governing body, the old road or public crossing may be abandoned to the extent of such alteration, but no further, by an ordinance<\/span> or resolution of the governing body declaring the old road or public crossing abandoned.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE FOR ABANDONMENT OF OLD ROAD OR CROSSING TO EXTENT OF\nALTERATION (\u00a7 33.2-923)\n\nWhen any road or any road containing a highway-rail grade crossing has been or\nis altered and a new road that serves the same users as the old road is\nconstructed as a replacement and approved by the governing body, the old road or\npublic crossing may be abandoned to the extent of such alteration, but no\nfurther, by an ordinance or resolution of the governing body declaring the old\nroad or public crossing abandoned.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-76.21; 1950, p. 736; 1952, c. 123; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7\n33.1-164; 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}}