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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64254</law_id><section_number>56-20</section_number><catch_line>Payment for damage occasioned by crossing works of public service corporations</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="56">Public Service Companies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="4">Crossings and Connections</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If any such crossing as is provided for in &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title=" Right of one public service corporation to cross the works of another; cost" href="/56-17/">56-17</a> to <a class="law" title="Contest by company whose works are crossed" href="/56-19/">56-19</a> cause damage to the works of any <span class="dictionary">company</span>, or to the owner or occupant of any lands, the <span class="dictionary">company</span> exercising the <span class="dictionary">privileges</span> granted by such sections shall make proper compensation for such damage.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 3884.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
