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This law was first created in 2008. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 599<\/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 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 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":245025,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69657,"identifier":"55.1-307","token":"55.1\/I\/3\/1\/55.1-307","url":"\/55.1-307\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-307\/","token":"55.1\/I\/3\/1\/55.1-307","dublin_core":{"Title":"Public road easements; maintenance and improvements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-307","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever a public road that has never been abandoned but is no longer publicly maintained serves as access for more than one property owner and operates as the primary source of ingress and egress for that property, any one of the property owners may maintain, repair, or improve the road at his own expense without the express permission of the other property owners but only after administrative review by the local government. All other property owners shall be notified by mail of any pending maintenance, repair, or improvements prior to commencement of the work. Nothing in this section shall be construed as allowing the property owner who is doing the maintenance, repairs, or improvements to the road to interfere with the other property owners’ use of the road for ingress and egress.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPUBLIC ROAD EASEMENTS; MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS (\u00a7 55.1-307)\n\nWhenever a public road that has never been abandoned but is no longer publicly\nmaintained serves as access for more than one property owner and operates as the\nprimary source of ingress and egress for that property, any one of the property\nowners may maintain, repair, or improve the road at his own expense without the\nexpress permission of the other property owners but only after administrative\nreview by the local government. All other property owners shall be notified by\nmail of any pending maintenance, repair, or improvements prior to commencement\nof the work. Nothing in this section shall be construed as allowing the property\nowner who is doing the maintenance, repairs, or improvements to the road to\ninterfere with the other property owners’ use of the road for ingress and\negress.\n\nHISTORY: 2008, c. 599, \u00a7 55-50.3; 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}}