{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/56-265.18.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/56-265.18.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/56-265.18.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/56-265.18.html"}],"law_id":87274,"edition_id":1,"section_id":87274,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.18","catch_line":"Notification requirements","history":"1979, c. 291; 1980, c. 696; 1989, c. 448; 1994, c. 890; 2002, c. 841; 2023, cc. 299, 300.","full_text":"Every locate request and designer notice served by any person on the notification center shall contain the following information:\n\n1\n\nThe name of the individual serving such notice.2\n\nThe specific location of the proposed excavation or demolition. If a specific description of the location of the excavation cannot be given, the person proposing to excavate or demolish shall comply with subsection E of § 56-265.17.3\n\nThe name, physical address, telephone number, and electronic mailing address, if available, of the excavator or demolisher, to whom notification can be given.4\n\nThe excavator’s or demolisher’s field telephone number and, if available, electronic mailing address.5\n\nThe type and extent of the proposed excavation or demolition.6\n\nThe name of the person for whom the proposed excavation or demolition is being performed.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":312527,"text":"Every locate request and designer notice served by any person on the notification center shall contain the following information:","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1,"next_prefix":"1"},"1":{"id":312528,"text":"The name of the individual serving such notice.","type":"section","prefixes":["1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"1","prefix_anchor":"1","level":1,"prior_prefix":"","next_prefix":"2"},"2":{"id":312529,"text":"The specific location of the proposed excavation or demolition. If a specific description of the location of the excavation cannot be given, the person proposing to excavate or demolish shall comply with subsection E of § 56-265.17.","type":"section","prefixes":["2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"2","prefix_anchor":"2","level":1,"prior_prefix":"1","next_prefix":"3"},"3":{"id":312530,"text":"The name, physical address, telephone number, and electronic mailing address, if available, of the excavator or demolisher, to whom notification can be given.","type":"section","prefixes":["3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"3","prefix_anchor":"3","level":1,"prior_prefix":"2","next_prefix":"4"},"4":{"id":312531,"text":"The excavator’s or demolisher’s field telephone number and, if available, electronic mailing address.","type":"section","prefixes":["4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"4","prefix_anchor":"4","level":1,"prior_prefix":"3","next_prefix":"5"},"5":{"id":312532,"text":"The type and extent of the proposed excavation or demolition.","type":"section","prefixes":["5"],"prefix":"5","entire_prefix":"5","prefix_anchor":"5","level":1,"prior_prefix":"4","next_prefix":"6"},"6":{"id":312533,"text":"The name of the person for whom the proposed excavation or demolition is being performed.","type":"section","prefixes":["6"],"prefix":"6","entire_prefix":"6","prefix_anchor":"6","level":1,"prior_prefix":"5"}},"ancestry":[{"id":12882,"edition_id":1,"name":"Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act","identifier":"10.3","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12881,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:58","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:58","permalink":{"id":249261,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12882,"identifier":"10.3","token":"56\/10.3","url":"\/56\/10.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12881,"edition_id":1,"name":"Public Service Companies","identifier":"56","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:58","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:58","permalink":{"id":248473,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12881,"identifier":"56","token":"56","url":"\/56\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":67078,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.14","catch_line":"Short title","url":"\/56-265.14\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.14","metadata":false},{"id":58284,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.15","catch_line":"Definitions; calculation of time periods","url":"\/56-265.15\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.15","metadata":false},{"id":77182,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.15:1","catch_line":" Exemptions; routine maintenance","url":"\/56-265.15_1\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.15_1","metadata":false},{"id":84032,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.16","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/56-265.16\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.16","metadata":false},{"id":56272,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.16:1","catch_line":"Operators to join notification centers; certification","url":"\/56-265.16_1\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.16_1","metadata":false},{"id":71572,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.17","catch_line":"Notification required prior to excavation or demolition; waiting periods; marking of proposed site","url":"\/56-265.17\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.17","metadata":false},{"id":83153,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.17:1","catch_line":"Notification and procedures for designers","url":"\/56-265.17_1\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.17_1","metadata":false},{"id":61626,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.17:2","catch_line":"Procedures for project owners","url":"\/56-265.17_2\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.17_2","metadata":false},{"id":81609,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.17:3","catch_line":"Procedures for operators in response to a designer notice","url":"\/56-265.17_3\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.17_3","metadata":false},{"id":87274,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.18","catch_line":"Notification requirements","url":"\/56-265.18\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.18","metadata":false},{"id":56575,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.19","catch_line":"Duties of operator; regulations","url":"\/56-265.19\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.19","metadata":false},{"id":76344,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.19:1","catch_line":"Private sewer laterals and sewer system laterals","url":"\/56-265.19_1\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.19_1","metadata":false},{"id":61252,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.20","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/56-265.20\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.20","metadata":false},{"id":80434,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.20:1","catch_line":"Locating nonmetallic underground utility lines","url":"\/56-265.20_1\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.20_1","metadata":false},{"id":77696,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.21","catch_line":"Marking by color","url":"\/56-265.21\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.21","metadata":false},{"id":64117,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.22","catch_line":"Duties of notification center upon notification by person intending to excavate; record of notification made by telephone required","url":"\/56-265.22\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.22","metadata":false},{"id":66270,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.22:1","catch_line":"Meetings between excavators and operators","url":"\/56-265.22_1\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.22_1","metadata":false},{"id":87171,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.23","catch_line":"Exemption for roadway maintenance operations by the Virginia Department of Transportation and certain counties, cities, and towns","url":"\/56-265.23\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.23","metadata":false},{"id":68853,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.24","catch_line":"Duties of excavator","url":"\/56-265.24\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.24","metadata":false},{"id":84234,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.24:1","catch_line":"Request to cease operation; immediate threat; penalty","url":"\/56-265.24_1\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.24_1","metadata":false},{"id":57821,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.25","catch_line":"Liability of operator and excavator; penalties","url":"\/56-265.25\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.25","metadata":false},{"id":54008,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.26","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/56-265.26\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.26","metadata":false},{"id":84847,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.26:1","catch_line":"Utility line depth requirement","url":"\/56-265.26_1\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.26_1","metadata":false},{"id":77994,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.27","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/56-265.27\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.27","metadata":false},{"id":86798,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.28","catch_line":"Sovereign immunity","url":"\/56-265.28\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.28","metadata":false},{"id":79358,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.29","catch_line":"Other similar laws","url":"\/56-265.29\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.29","metadata":false},{"id":56066,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.30","catch_line":"Authority of the State Corporation Commission","url":"\/56-265.30\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.30","metadata":false},{"id":54014,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.31","catch_line":"Commission to establish advisory committee","url":"\/56-265.31\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.31","metadata":false},{"id":73298,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.32","catch_line":"Commission to impose civil penalties for certain violations; establishment of Underground Utility Damage Prevention Special Fund","url":"\/56-265.32\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.32","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":81609,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.17:3","catch_line":"Procedures for operators in response to a designer notice","url":"\/56-265.17_3\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.17_3","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":56575,"structure_id":12882,"section_number":"56-265.19","catch_line":"Duties of operator; regulations","url":"\/56-265.19\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.19","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/56-265.18\/","history_text":"

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 1980, chapter 696; in 1989, chapter 448; in 1994, chapter 890<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 841<\/a>; in 2023, chapters 299<\/a> and 300<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":71572,"section_number":"56-265.17","catch_line":"Notification required prior to excavation or demolition; waiting periods; marking of proposed site","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-265.17\/"},{"id":83153,"section_number":"56-265.17:1","catch_line":"Notification and procedures for designers","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-265.17_1\/"},{"id":66270,"section_number":"56-265.22:1","catch_line":"Meetings between excavators and operators","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-265.22_1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":249299,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87274,"identifier":"56-265.18","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.18","url":"\/56-265.18\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-265.18\/","token":"56\/10.3\/56-265.18","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notification requirements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-265.18","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every locate request and designer notice served by any person<\/span> on the notification center shall contain the following information:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The name of the individual serving such notice. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The specific location of the proposed excavation or demolition. If a specific description of the location of the excavation cannot be given, the person<\/span> proposing to excavate or demolish shall comply with subsection E of § 56-265.17<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The name, physical address, telephone number, and electronic mailing address, if available, of the excavator or demolisher, to whom notification can be given. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> The excavator’s or demolisher’s field telephone number and, if available, electronic mailing address. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> The type and extent of the proposed excavation or demolition. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> The name of the person<\/span> for whom the proposed excavation or demolition is being performed. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS (\u00a7 56-265.18)\n\nEvery locate request and designer notice served by any person on the\nnotification center shall contain the following information:\n\n1. The name of the individual serving such notice.\n\n2. The specific location of the proposed excavation or demolition. If a specific\ndescription of the location of the excavation cannot be given, the person\nproposing to excavate or demolish shall comply with subsection E of §\n56-265.17.\n\n3. The name, physical address, telephone number, and electronic mailing address,\nif available, of the excavator or demolisher, to whom notification can be given.\n\n4. The excavator’s or demolisher’s field telephone number and, if\navailable, electronic mailing address.\n\n5. The type and extent of the proposed excavation or demolition.\n\n6. The name of the person for whom the proposed excavation or demolition is\nbeing performed.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 291; 1980, c. 696; 1989, c. 448; 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}}