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This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 571<\/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 2005, chapter 865<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":250525,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87080,"identifier":"56-575.12","token":"56\/22.1\/56-575.12","url":"\/56-575.12\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-575.12\/","token":"56\/22.1\/56-575.12","dublin_core":{"Title":"Condemnation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-575.12","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

At the request of the private entity<\/span>, the responsible public entity<\/span> may exercise any power of condemnation that it has under law<\/span> for the purpose of acquiring any lands or estates or interests therein to the extent that the responsible public entity<\/span> finds that such action serves the public purpose of this chapter. Any amounts to be paid in any such condemnation proceeding shall be paid by the private entity<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONDEMNATION (\u00a7 56-575.12)\n\nAt the request of the private entity, the responsible public entity may exercise\nany power of condemnation that it has under law for the purpose of acquiring any\nlands or estates or interests therein to the extent that the responsible public\nentity finds that such action serves the public purpose of this chapter. Any\namounts to be paid in any such condemnation proceeding shall be paid by the\nprivate entity.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, c. 571; 2005, c. 865.","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}}