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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55597</law_id><section_number>33.2-710</section_number><catch_line>Proceedings on report; notice to owners</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="7">Local Authority Over Highways</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Establishment, Alteration, and Discontinuance of Highways</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>At the next meeting of the local governing body after receipt of such report, as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Duty of viewers" href="/33.2-707/">33.2-707</a>, unless the <span class="dictionary">opinion</span> of the local governing body is against establishing or altering the <span class="dictionary">highway</span> or bridge, the local governing body shall require its clerk to give written notice to the owner of the land on which it is proposed to establish or alter such <span class="dictionary">highway</span> or bridge at least five days before the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> to be held under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Defense allowed; what board may do" href="/33.2-712/">33.2-712</a> informing the owner of the time and place of the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> at which he may appear and present his views. Notice sent by registered or certified mail to the last known address of such owner as shown on the current real estate tax assessment books shall be deemed adequate compliance with this requirement. If the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> is continued, notice shall be mailed again. If the current real estate tax assessment books do not contain the name of the owner of the affected land, notice of the <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> shall be published once each week for four successive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the county.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 33-146; 1964, c. 565; 1970, c. 322, &#xA7; 33.1-233; 1977, c. 470; 2014, c. 805.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
