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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71969</law_id><section_number>25.1-414</section_number><catch_line>Authority of state agency where replacement housing not available; requiring person to move</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>25.1-409</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="4">Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Relocation Assistance</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> If a program or project undertaken by a <span class="dictionary">state agency</span> cannot proceed to actual construction on a timely basis because <span class="dictionary">comparable replacement dwellings</span> are not available, and the <span class="dictionary">state agency</span> determines that such dwellings cannot otherwise be made available, the <span class="dictionary">state agency</span> may take such action as is necessary or appropriate to provide such dwellings by use of funds authorized for such project. The <span class="dictionary">state agency</span> may use this section to exceed the maximum amounts that may be paid under &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Replacement housing for homeowners" href="/25.1-409/">25.1-409</a> and <a class="law" title="Replacement housing for tenants" href="/25.1-410/">25.1-410</a> on a case-by-case basis for good cause as determined in accordance with such regulations as the <span class="dictionary">state agency</span> shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span>. <a id="paragraph-259334" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/25.1-414/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No <span class="dictionary">person</span> shall be required to move from his <span class="dictionary">dwelling</span> on account of any project, unless the head of the <span class="dictionary">state agency</span> is satisfied that comparable replacement housing is available to such <span class="dictionary">person</span>. <a id="paragraph-259335" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/25.1-414/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1972, c. 738, &#xA7; 25-247; 1989, c. 714; 2003, c. 940; 2011, cc. 117, 190.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
