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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. 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 2013, chapters 585<\/a> and 646<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":249065,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67342,"identifier":"56-258","token":"56\/10\/5\/56-258","url":"\/56-258\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-258\/","token":"56\/10\/5\/56-258","dublin_core":{"Title":"Who to permit laying of pipelines in roads","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-258","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commissioner of Highways or the board of supervisors or other governing body in any county that has withdrawn its county roads from the secondary system of state highways is authorized to enter into contract<\/span> with water companies or other corporations<\/span> or persons<\/span> to lay water pipelines along the rights-of-way of public roadways and turnpikes. Such water pipelines shall be laid in such manner as not to obstruct passage thereon when completed, and in any such contract<\/span> the Commissioner of Highways or any such board of supervisors or other governing body, as the case may be, shall provide that the parties so laying such pipelines shall, at all times, exercise reasonable care not to obstruct such roadways while laying, repairing or replacing such pipe.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHO TO PERMIT LAYING OF PIPELINES IN ROADS (\u00a7 56-258)\n\nThe Commissioner of Highways or the board of supervisors or other governing body\nin any county that has withdrawn its county roads from the secondary system of\nstate highways is authorized to enter into contract with water companies or\nother corporations or persons to lay water pipelines along the rights-of-way of\npublic roadways and turnpikes. Such water pipelines shall be laid in such manner\nas not to obstruct passage thereon when completed, and in any such contract the\nCommissioner of Highways or any such board of supervisors or other governing\nbody, as the case may be, shall provide that the parties so laying such\npipelines shall, at all times, exercise reasonable care not to obstruct such\nroadways while laying, repairing or replacing such pipe.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 4060; 2013, cc. 585, 646.","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}}