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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60686</law_id><section_number>25.1-238</section_number><catch_line>Petitioner may begin work during pendency of proceedings; injunction prohibited</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>25.1-244</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="25.1">Eminent Domain</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="2">Condemnation Procedures</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="7">Judgment and Post-Judgment Procedure</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Upon the return of the report of the <span class="dictionary">body determining just compensation</span> and upon payment into <span class="dictionary">court</span> of the sum ascertained therein, the <span class="dictionary">petitioner</span> or its agents may enter and construct its works or improvements upon or through the <span class="dictionary">property</span> as described in its <span class="dictionary">petition</span>, notwithstanding the pendency of proceedings on any objections to such report in the <span class="dictionary">trial</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span>, or upon an <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> of the case, or the ordering of a new <span class="dictionary">trial</span> of the <span class="dictionary">issue</span> of just compensation or otherwise. <a id="paragraph-221853" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/25.1-238/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No <span class="dictionary">order</span> shall be made nor any <span class="dictionary">injunction</span> awarded by any <span class="dictionary">court</span> to <span class="dictionary">stay</span> the <span class="dictionary">petitioner</span> in the <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> of its work unless it is manifest that the <span class="dictionary">petitioner</span> or its agents are transcending their authority and that the interposition of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> is necessary to prevent injury that cannot be adequately compensated in <span class="dictionary">damages</span>. <a id="paragraph-221854" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/25.1-238/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 4371; Code 1950, &#xA7; 25-23; 1962, c. 426, &#xA7; 25-46.25; 2000, c. 1029; 2003, c. 940.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
