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This law was first created in 2006. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 795<\/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. 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 2019, chapter 712<\/a>; in 2020, chapters 1131<\/a> and 1132<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":245017,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82803,"identifier":"55.1-306","token":"55.1\/I\/3\/1\/55.1-306","url":"\/55.1-306\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-306\/","token":"55.1\/I\/3\/1\/55.1-306","dublin_core":{"Title":"Utility easements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-306","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> For the purposes of this section, “utility services<\/span>” means any products, services, and equipment related to energy, broadband and other communications services, water, and sewerage. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Where an easement, whether appurtenant or gross, is expressly granted by an instrument recorded on or after July 1, 2006, that imposes on a servient tract of land a covenant (i) to provide an easement in the future for the benefit of utility services<\/span>; (ii) to relocate, construct, or maintain facilities owned by an entity that provides utility services<\/span>; or (iii) to pay the cost of such relocation, construction, or maintenance, such covenant shall be deemed for all purposes to touch and concern the servient tract, to run with the servient tract, its successors, and assigns for the benefit of the entity providing utility services<\/span>, its successors, and assigns. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUTILITY EASEMENTS (\u00a7 55.1-306)\n\nA. For the purposes of this section, “utility services” means any\nproducts, services, and equipment related to energy, broadband and other\ncommunications services, water, and sewerage.\n\nB. Where an easement, whether appurtenant or gross, is expressly granted by an\ninstrument recorded on or after July 1, 2006, that imposes on a servient tract\nof land a covenant (i) to provide an easement in the future for the benefit of\nutility services; (ii) to relocate, construct, or maintain facilities owned by\nan entity that provides utility services; or (iii) to pay the cost of such\nrelocation, construction, or maintenance, such covenant shall be deemed for all\npurposes to touch and concern the servient tract, to run with the servient\ntract, its successors, and assigns for the benefit of the entity providing\nutility services, its successors, and assigns.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, c. 795, \u00a7 55-50.2; 2019, c. 712; 2020, cc. 1131, 1132.","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}}