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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>65726</law_id><section_number>15.2-2019</section_number><catch_line>Localities may name streets, roads and alleys</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-719.1</reference></referred_to_by><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="20">Streets and Alleys</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="5">Miscellaneous</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="State highway systems excepted; town streets" href="/15.2-2000/">15.2-2000</a>, every <span class="dictionary">locality</span> may name streets, roads and alleys. Such names shall take precedence over any other designation except those primary highways conforming to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Naming highways, bridges, interchanges, and other transportation facilities" href="/33.2-213/">33.2-213</a>, and shall be employed in references to property abutting thereon.
		Renaming streets, roads and alleys on site plans or subdivision plats previously recorded and filed in a <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> clerk&#x2019;s office shall not cause vacation of such site plans or subdivision plats. The <span class="dictionary">locality</span> may forward a certified copy of the action effecting such name change to the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> in which the site plan or subdivision plat is recorded or filed. Upon receipt, the clerk shall (i) file the certified copy and note the name change on the site plan or subdivision plat affected or (ii) record the certified copy.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-777.1; 1954, c. 462; 1962, c. 623, &#xA7; 15.1-379; 1987, c. 384; 1997, c. 587; 1999, c. 671.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
