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This law was first created in 2004. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 585<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":208403,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87386,"identifier":"36-22.1","token":"36\/1\/3\/36-22.1","url":"\/36-22.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/36-22.1\/","token":"36\/1\/3\/36-22.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Conveyance of streets; no trespass policy","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 36-22.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Each housing authority<\/span> shall adopt a “no trespass” policy designed to protect the premises controlled by such authority and residents from nonresidents who enter the premises for unlawful purposes or without any lawful purpose. In adopting such policies, the authority shall determine whether to petition<\/span> a locality<\/span> or the Commonwealth to close to the public and convey to the authority any streets serving authority property. Neither a locality<\/span> nor the Commonwealth shall be required to grant the conveyance.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONVEYANCE OF STREETS; NO TRESPASS POLICY (\u00a7 36-22.1)\n\nEach housing authority shall adopt a “no trespass” policy designed\nto protect the premises controlled by such authority and residents from\nnonresidents who enter the premises for unlawful purposes or without any lawful\npurpose. In adopting such policies, the authority shall determine whether to\npetition a locality or the Commonwealth to close to the public and convey to the\nauthority any streets serving authority property. Neither a locality nor the\nCommonwealth shall be required to grant the conveyance.\n\nHISTORY: 2004, c. 585.","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}}