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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80841</law_id><section_number>33.2-715</section_number><catch_line>Action of commissioners; report</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>The <span class="dictionary">commissioners</span> shall meet on the lands of the proprietors and tenants that are named in the <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the local governing body at a specified place and day, of which notice shall be given by the sheriff to such proprietors and tenants or their agents. Notice need not be given to any person present at the time the <span class="dictionary">order</span> is made. Any one or more of the <span class="dictionary">commissioners</span> attending on the land may adjourn, from time to time, until their business is finished. The <span class="dictionary">commissioners</span>, in the discharge of their duties, shall comply in all respects with the provisions of Chapter 2 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Chapter controls condemnation proceedings" href="/25.1-200/">25.1-200</a> et seq.) of Title 25.1 so far as applicable. They shall promptly make their report as required by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Testimony on issues; report on just compensation" href="/25.1-232/">25.1-232</a> to the local governing body and, unless good cause is shown against the report, it shall be confirmed. If, however, good cause is shown against the report or the <span class="dictionary">commissioners</span> report their disagreement or fail to report within a reasonable time, the local governing body may appoint other <span class="dictionary">commissioners</span> to ascertain the compensation and <span class="dictionary">damages</span>. When any report is confirmed, the local governing body shall establish or alter the <span class="dictionary">highway</span> or bridge with or without gates, as it may seem proper, and provide for the payment of the compensation and <span class="dictionary">damages</span> allowed.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 33-151; 1964, c. 565; 1970, c. 322, &#xA7; 33.1-238; 1991, c. 520; 2003, c. 940; 2014, c. 805.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
