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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67298</law_id><section_number>33.2-1024</section_number><catch_line>Reformation, alteration, revision, amendment, or invalidation of certificate</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>17.1-275</reference></referred_to_by><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>Upon the recordation of such <span class="dictionary">certificate</span>, no reformation, alteration, revision, amendment, or invalidation shall be made for any purpose without the prior consent of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> wherein such <span class="dictionary">certificate</span> is recorded. The <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall have <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> to reform, alter, revise, <span class="dictionary">amend</span>, or invalidate in whole or in part any <span class="dictionary">certificate</span>; to correct mistakes in the description of the property affected by such <span class="dictionary">certificate</span>; to correct the name of the <span class="dictionary">owner</span> in the <span class="dictionary">certificate</span>; to correct any other error that may exist with respect to such <span class="dictionary">certificate</span>; or for any other purpose. A <span class="dictionary">petition</span> filed by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner of Highways</span> with the <span class="dictionary">court</span> setting forth any error made in such <span class="dictionary">certificate</span>, or the necessity of any change therein, shall be deemed sufficient basis for the reformation, alteration, revision, amendment, or invalidation in whole or in part of such <span class="dictionary">certificate</span>. The <span class="dictionary">court</span> may enter an <span class="dictionary">order</span> permitting the reformation, alteration, revision, amendment, or invalidation in whole or in part, and such <span class="dictionary">order</span>, together with any revised <span class="dictionary">certificate</span> that may be necessary, shall be recorded in the current deed book. The filing of any <span class="dictionary">certificate</span> pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not alter the date of taking as established by the filing of the original <span class="dictionary">certificate</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Recordation of certificates; transfer of title or interest; land situated in two or more counties or cities" href="/33.2-1021/">33.2-1021</a> as to any land that is included in the amended <span class="dictionary">certificate</span>, and no such amended <span class="dictionary">certificate</span> shall include any land not in the original <span class="dictionary">certificate</span>. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or preclude any person from recovering any <span class="dictionary">damages</span> in a condemnation proceeding resulting from such reformation, alteration, revision, amendment, or invalidation.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 33-70.7; 1958, c. 581; 1968, c. 313; 1970, c. 322, &#xA7; 33.1-125; 1993, c. 35; 2014, c. 805; 2015, c. 256; 2019, c. 788.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
