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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56543</law_id><section_number>15.2-1814</section_number><catch_line>Acquisition authorized by chapter declared to be for public use</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="18">Buildings, Monuments and Lands Generally</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Miscellaneous</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any acquisition of property authorized by any provision of this chapter is hereby declared to be for a public use as the term &#x201C;public uses&#x201D; is used in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Limitations on eminent domain" href="/1-219.1/">1-219.1</a>.</p></section></text><history>1997, c. 587; 2007, cc. 882, 901, 926.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
