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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68603</law_id><section_number>55.1-2833</section_number><catch_line>Costs</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="55.1">Property and Conveyances</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="V">Miscellaneous</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="28">Trespasses; Fences</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="7">Special Provisions for Unincorporated Communities</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> is uncontested, the costs shall be borne by the petitioner; if it is contested, costs shall be awarded to the prevailing <span class="dictionary">party</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-899; 1977, c. 624, &#xA7; 55-329; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
