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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 1977, chapter 624; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":81555,"section_number":"55.1-305","catch_line":"Enjoyment of easement","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-305\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":248305,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80261,"identifier":"55.1-2826","token":"55.1\/V\/28\/6\/55.1-2826","url":"\/55.1-2826\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2826\/","token":"55.1\/V\/28\/6\/55.1-2826","dublin_core":{"Title":"How notice given","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2826","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any notice required to be given pursuant to this article shall be given to the landowner, if he resides in the county in which the land lies; otherwise, it may be given to such person as, under the laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth, would be his agent or to any person occupying such land as tenant of the landowner, who shall, for the purposes of this article, be deemed the agent of such landowner.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOW NOTICE GIVEN (\u00a7 55.1-2826)\n\nAny notice required to be given pursuant to this article shall be given to the\nlandowner, if he resides in the county in which the land lies; otherwise, it may\nbe given to such person as, under the laws of the Commonwealth, would be his\nagent or to any person occupying such land as tenant of the landowner, who\nshall, for the purposes of this article, be deemed the agent of such landowner.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-892; 1977, c. 624, \u00a7 55-322; 2019, c. 712.","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}}