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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75380</law_id><section_number>25.1-419</section_number><catch_line>Reimbursement of owner for costs when taking is abandoned or denied</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="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="3">Real Property Acquisition Policies</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">court</span> in which a condemnation proceeding is instituted by a <span class="dictionary">state agency</span> to acquire real <span class="dictionary">property</span> by condemnation shall award the <span class="dictionary">owner</span> of any right, title, or interest in such real <span class="dictionary">property</span> such sum as will, in the <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> of the <span class="dictionary">court</span>, reimburse such <span class="dictionary">owner</span> for his reasonable costs, disbursements, and expenses, including reasonable attorney, <span class="dictionary">appraisal</span>, and engineering fees, actually incurred because of the condemnation proceedings, if (i) the final <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> is that the <span class="dictionary">state agency</span> cannot acquire the real <span class="dictionary">property</span> by condemnation or (ii) the taking is abandoned by the <span class="dictionary">state agency</span>, in full or in part. The award of such sums shall be paid by the <span class="dictionary">state agency</span> that sought to condemn the <span class="dictionary">property</span>.</p></section></text><history>1972, c. 738, &#xA7; 25-250; 2003, c. 940; 2019, c. 788.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
