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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86315</law_id><section_number>33.2-1002</section_number><catch_line>Limitation on power of eminent domain</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="33.2">Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Modes of Transportation: Highways, Bridges, Ferries, Rail, and Public Transportation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="10">Eminent Domain</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Eminent Domain and Damages</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No property that is within an agricultural and forestal district as provided by the Agricultural and Forestal Districts Act (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Short title" href="/15.2-4300/">15.2-4300</a> et seq.) shall be condemned by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner of Highways</span> except in accordance with &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Proposals as to land acquisition or construction within district" href="/15.2-4313/">15.2-4313</a>.</p></section></text><history>1977, c. 681, &#xA7; 33.1-89.1; 2014, c. 805.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
