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The notification center shall provide the excavator with the identity of utilities that will be notified of the proposed excavation or demolition. Except for counties, cities, and towns, an excavator who willfully fails to submit a locate request for a proposed excavation or demolition shall be liable to the operator whose facilities are damaged by that excavator, for three times the cost to repair the damaged property, provided that the operator is a member of the notification center. The total amount of punitive damages awarded under this section, as distinguished from actual damages, shall not exceed $10,000 in any single cause of action.B\n\nExcept in the case of an emergency as defined in \u00a7 56-265.15 or in cases subject to subsection C, the excavator shall only commence work:1\n\nAfter the excavator has confirmed, by reviewing the positive response information posted on the notification center’s positive response system, that each operator has marked its utility lines, notified the notification center that its utility lines are not present in the area of proposed excavation, or otherwise posted a positive response indicating excavation may begin; or2\n\nIf informed by the notification center that no operators are to be notified.\n\t\t\t\tIf any operator fails to respond to the positive response system as required by this chapter, the notification center shall renotify any operator of its failure. This renotification shall not constitute an exemption from the duties of the operator set forth in § 56-265.19.C\n\nIf, after at least 48 hours beginning with 7:00 a.m. the next working day following a locate request or on the date of excavation, the excavator, upon arrival at the site of a proposed excavation, observes clear evidence of the presence of an unmarked utility line in the area of the proposed excavation, the excavator shall not begin excavating until three hours after an additional contact is made to the notification center for the area, provided that no information has been posted to the positive response system or information posted to the positive response system is inconsistent with the clear evidence observed by the excavator.\n\t\t\tThe operator of any unmarked utility line shall respond within three hours of the excavator’s contact to the notification center. After the clear evidence of an unmarked utility line is addressed pursuant to the additional contact to the notification center, excavation may proceed. During any excavation subject to this subsection, the excavator shall exercise reasonable care at all times to protect underground utility lines and shall be liable for any damages.D\n\nThe excavator’s notification shall be valid for 15 working days from 7:00 a.m. on the next working day following a locate request or 15 working days following a scheduled excavation date provided to the notification center, whichever is later. Three working days before the end of the 15-working-day period, or at any time when line-location markings on the ground become illegible, the excavator intending to excavate shall contact the notification center and request the re-marking of lines. The operator shall re-mark the lines as soon as possible; however, the re-marking of the lines shall be completed within 48 hours from 7:00 a.m. on the next working day following the request for the re-mark. Such re-marking shall be valid for an additional 15 working days from 7:00 a.m. on the next working day following a locate request.E\n\nIf a specific location of the excavation cannot be given as required by subdivision 2 of § 56-265.18, prior to notifying the notification center pursuant to subsection A, the person proposing to excavate or demolish shall mark the route or boundary of the site of the proposed excavation or demolition by means of white paint, if practical.F\n\nThe extent of the excavator’s proposed excavation or demolition shall be a work area that can be excavated within 15 working days from 7:00 a.m. on the next working day following a locate request. The area covered under each locate request shall not exceed one-third of a mile.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":257983,"text":"No person shall make or begin any excavation or demolition without first submitting a locate request to the notification center. Submission of a locate request shall be deemed to be notice to each operator who is a member of the notification center. The notification center shall provide the excavator with the identity of utilities that will be notified of the proposed excavation or demolition. Except for counties, cities, and towns, an excavator who willfully fails to submit a locate request for a proposed excavation or demolition shall be liable to the operator whose facilities are damaged by that excavator, for three times the cost to repair the damaged property, provided that the operator is a member of the notification center. The total amount of punitive damages awarded under this section, as distinguished from actual damages, shall not exceed $10,000 in any single cause of action.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":257984,"text":"Except in the case of an emergency as defined in \u00a7 56-265.15 or in cases subject to subsection C, the excavator shall only commence work:","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"B1"},"2":{"id":257985,"text":"After the excavator has confirmed, by reviewing the positive response information posted on the notification center’s positive response system, that each operator has marked its utility lines, notified the notification center that its utility lines are not present in the area of proposed excavation, or otherwise posted a positive response indicating excavation may begin; or","type":"section","prefixes":["B","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"B1","prefix_anchor":"B1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"B2"},"3":{"id":257986,"text":"If informed by the notification center that no operators are to be notified.\n\t\t\t\tIf any operator fails to respond to the positive response system as required by this chapter, the notification center shall renotify any operator of its failure. This renotification shall not constitute an exemption from the duties of the operator set forth in § 56-265.19.","type":"section","prefixes":["B","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"B2","prefix_anchor":"B2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"B1","next_prefix":"C"},"4":{"id":257987,"text":"If, after at least 48 hours beginning with 7:00 a.m. the next working day following a locate request or on the date of excavation, the excavator, upon arrival at the site of a proposed excavation, observes clear evidence of the presence of an unmarked utility line in the area of the proposed excavation, the excavator shall not begin excavating until three hours after an additional contact is made to the notification center for the area, provided that no information has been posted to the positive response system or information posted to the positive response system is inconsistent with the clear evidence observed by the excavator.\n\t\t\tThe operator of any unmarked utility line shall respond within three hours of the excavator’s contact to the notification center. After the clear evidence of an unmarked utility line is addressed pursuant to the additional contact to the notification center, excavation may proceed. During any excavation subject to this subsection, the excavator shall exercise reasonable care at all times to protect underground utility lines and shall be liable for any damages.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B2","next_prefix":"D"},"5":{"id":257988,"text":"The excavator’s notification shall be valid for 15 working days from 7:00 a.m. on the next working day following a locate request or 15 working days following a scheduled excavation date provided to the notification center, whichever is later. Three working days before the end of the 15-working-day period, or at any time when line-location markings on the ground become illegible, the excavator intending to excavate shall contact the notification center and request the re-marking of lines. The operator shall re-mark the lines as soon as possible; however, the re-marking of the lines shall be completed within 48 hours from 7:00 a.m. on the next working day following the request for the re-mark. Such re-marking shall be valid for an additional 15 working days from 7:00 a.m. on the next working day following a locate request.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"E"},"6":{"id":257989,"text":"If a specific location of the excavation cannot be given as required by subdivision 2 of § 56-265.18, prior to notifying the notification center pursuant to subsection A, the person proposing to excavate or demolish shall mark the route or boundary of the site of the proposed excavation or demolition by means of white paint, if practical.","type":"section","prefixes":["E"],"prefix":"E","entire_prefix":"E","prefix_anchor":"E","level":1,"prior_prefix":"D","next_prefix":"F"},"7":{"id":257990,"text":"The extent of the excavator’s proposed excavation or demolition shall be a work area that can be excavated within 15 working days from 7:00 a.m. on the next working day following a locate request. 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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 291 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. Unfortunately, the 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1989, chapter 448; in 1992, chapter 192; in 1994, chapter 890<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 841<\/a>; in 2023, chapters 299<\/a> and 300<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":58284,"section_number":"56-265.15","catch_line":"Definitions; calculation of time periods","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-265.15\/"},{"id":77696,"section_number":"56-265.21","catch_line":"Marking by color","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-265.21\/"},{"id":66270,"section_number":"56-265.22:1","catch_line":"Meetings between excavators and operators","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-265.22_1\/"},{"id":68853,"section_number":"56-265.24","catch_line":"Duties of excavator","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-265.24\/"},{"id":73298,"section_number":"56-265.32","catch_line":"Commission to impose civil penalties for certain violations; establishment of Underground Utility Damage Prevention Special Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-265.32\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":58284,"section_number":"56-265.15","catch_line":"Definitions; calculation of time periods","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-265.15\/"},{"id":87274,"section_number":"56-265.18","catch_line":"Notification requirements","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-265.18\/"}],"permalink":{"id":249283,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71572,"identifier":"56-265.17","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.17","url":"\/56-265.17\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-265.17\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.17","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notification required prior to excavation or demolition; waiting periods; marking of proposed site","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-265.17","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No person<\/span> shall make or begin any excavation or demolition without first submitting a locate request to the notification center. Submission of a locate request shall be deemed to be notice to each operator who is a member of the notification center. The notification center shall provide the excavator with the identity of utilities that will be notified of the proposed excavation or demolition. Except for counties, cities, and towns, an excavator who willfully fails to submit a locate request for a proposed excavation or demolition shall be liable to the operator whose facilities are damaged by that excavator, for three times the cost to repair the damaged property, provided that the operator is a member of the notification center. The total amount of punitive damages<\/span> awarded under this section, as distinguished from actual damages<\/span>, shall not exceed $10,000 in any single cause of action<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Except in the case of an emergency as defined in \u00a7 56-265.15<\/a> or in cases subject to subsection C, the excavator shall only commence work: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> After the excavator has confirmed, by reviewing the positive response information posted on the notification center’s positive response system, that each operator has marked its utility lines, notified the notification center that its utility lines are not present in the area of proposed excavation, or otherwise posted a positive response indicating excavation may begin; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> If informed by the notification center that no operators are to be notified.\n\t\t\t\tIf any operator fails to respond to the positive response system as required by this chapter, the notification center shall renotify any operator of its failure. This renotification shall not constitute an exemption from the duties of the operator set forth in § 56-265.19<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> If, after at least 48 hours beginning with 7:00 a.m. the next working day following a locate request or on the date of excavation, the excavator, upon arrival at the site of a proposed excavation, observes clear evidence<\/span> of the presence of an unmarked utility line in the area of the proposed excavation, the excavator shall not begin excavating until three hours after an additional contact is made to the notification center for the area, provided that no information has been posted to the positive response system or information posted to the positive response system is inconsistent with the clear evidence<\/span> observed by the excavator.\n\t\t\tThe operator of any unmarked utility line shall respond within three hours of the excavator’s contact to the notification center. After the clear evidence<\/span> of an unmarked utility line is addressed pursuant to the additional contact to the notification center, excavation may proceed. During any excavation subject to this subsection, the excavator shall exercise reasonable care at all times to protect underground utility lines and shall be liable for any damages<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> The excavator’s notification shall be valid for 15 working days from 7:00 a.m. on the next working day following a locate request or 15 working days following a scheduled excavation date provided to the notification center, whichever is later. Three working days before the end of the 15-working-day period, or at any time when line-location markings on the ground become illegible, the excavator intending to excavate shall contact the notification center and request the re-marking of lines. The operator shall re-mark the lines as soon as possible; however, the re-marking of the lines shall be completed within 48 hours from 7:00 a.m. on the next working day following the request for the re-mark. Such re-marking shall be valid for an additional 15 working days from 7:00 a.m. on the next working day following a locate request. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> If a specific location of the excavation cannot be given as required by subdivision 2 of § 56-265.18<\/a>, prior to notifying the notification center pursuant to subsection A, the person<\/span> proposing to excavate or demolish shall mark the route or boundary of the site of the proposed excavation or demolition by means of white paint, if practical. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

F.<\/span> The extent of the excavator’s proposed excavation or demolition shall be a work area that can be excavated within 15 working days from 7:00 a.m. on the next working day following a locate request. The area covered under each locate request shall not exceed one-third of a mile. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTIFICATION REQUIRED PRIOR TO EXCAVATION OR DEMOLITION; WAITING PERIODS;\nMARKING OF PROPOSED SITE (\u00a7 56-265.17)\n\nA. No person shall make or begin any excavation or demolition without first\nsubmitting a locate request to the notification center. Submission of a locate\nrequest shall be deemed to be notice to each operator who is a member of the\nnotification center. The notification center shall provide the excavator with\nthe identity of utilities that will be notified of the proposed excavation or\ndemolition. Except for counties, cities, and towns, an excavator who willfully\nfails to submit a locate request for a proposed excavation or demolition shall\nbe liable to the operator whose facilities are damaged by that excavator, for\nthree times the cost to repair the damaged property, provided that the operator\nis a member of the notification center. The total amount of punitive damages\nawarded under this section, as distinguished from actual damages, shall not\nexceed $10,000 in any single cause of action.\n\nB. Except in the case of an emergency as defined in \u00a7 56-265.15 or in cases\nsubject to subsection C, the excavator shall only commence work:\n\n 1. After the excavator has confirmed, by reviewing the positive response\n information posted on the notification center’s positive response\n system, that each operator has marked its utility lines, notified the\n notification center that its utility lines are not present in the area of\n proposed excavation, or otherwise posted a positive response indicating\n excavation may begin; or\n\n 2. If informed by the notification center that no operators are to be\n notified.\n \t\t\t\tIf any operator fails to respond to the positive response system as\n required by this chapter, the notification center shall renotify any operator\n of its failure. This renotification shall not constitute an exemption from the\n duties of the operator set forth in § 56-265.19.\n\nC. If, after at least 48 hours beginning with 7:00 a.m. the next working day\nfollowing a locate request or on the date of excavation, the excavator, upon\narrival at the site of a proposed excavation, observes clear evidence of the\npresence of an unmarked utility line in the area of the proposed excavation, the\nexcavator shall not begin excavating until three hours after an additional\ncontact is made to the notification center for the area, provided that no\ninformation has been posted to the positive response system or information\nposted to the positive response system is inconsistent with the clear evidence\nobserved by the excavator.\n\t\t\tThe operator of any unmarked utility line shall respond within three hours of\nthe excavator’s contact to the notification center. After the clear\nevidence of an unmarked utility line is addressed pursuant to the additional\ncontact to the notification center, excavation may proceed. During any\nexcavation subject to this subsection, the excavator shall exercise reasonable\ncare at all times to protect underground utility lines and shall be liable for\nany damages.\n\nD. The excavator’s notification shall be valid for 15 working days from\n7:00 a.m. on the next working day following a locate request or 15 working days\nfollowing a scheduled excavation date provided to the notification center,\nwhichever is later. Three working days before the end of the 15-working-day\nperiod, or at any time when line-location markings on the ground become\nillegible, the excavator intending to excavate shall contact the notification\ncenter and request the re-marking of lines. The operator shall re-mark the lines\nas soon as possible; however, the re-marking of the lines shall be completed\nwithin 48 hours from 7:00 a.m. on the next working day following the request for\nthe re-mark. Such re-marking shall be valid for an additional 15 working days\nfrom 7:00 a.m. on the next working day following a locate request.\n\nE. If a specific location of the excavation cannot be given as required by\nsubdivision 2 of § 56-265.18, prior to notifying the notification center\npursuant to subsection A, the person proposing to excavate or demolish shall\nmark the route or boundary of the site of the proposed excavation or demolition\nby means of white paint, if practical.\n\nF. The extent of the excavator’s proposed excavation or demolition shall\nbe a work area that can be excavated within 15 working days from 7:00 a.m. on\nthe next working day following a locate request. The area covered under each\nlocate request shall not exceed one-third of a mile.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 291; 1989, c. 448; 1992, c. 192; 1994, c. 890; 2002, c. 841;\n2023, cc. 299, 300.","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}}