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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83153</law_id><section_number>56-265.17:1</section_number><catch_line>Notification and procedures for designers</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>56-265.17:3</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="56">Public Service Companies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="10.3">Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Each designer, who prepares drawings and plans for projects requiring excavation or demolition work, may notify the notification center and provide the center with the information required by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Notification requirements" href="/56-265.18/">56-265.18</a> and the designer&#x2019;s professional license number. <a id="paragraph-297967" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-265.17_1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If a designer notifies the notification center to receive underground utility line information in accordance with &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Procedures for operators in response to a designer notice" href="/56-265.17_3/">56-265.17:3</a>, the designer shall: <a id="paragraph-297968" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-265.17_1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Indicate on the construction drawings, the type of underground utility lines, the horizontal location of these lines as provided by the operators, and the names of the operators of these lines; <a id="paragraph-297969" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-265.17_1/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Consider, when designing a project and preparing drawings therefor, the location of existing underground lines so as to minimize damage or interference with the existing facilities; <a id="paragraph-297970" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-265.17_1/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Indicate, on the construction plans or drawings, the designer ticket number and the notification center&#x2019;s toll-free number; and <a id="paragraph-297971" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-265.17_1/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Request only one designer ticket per project through the notification center at no cost. <a id="paragraph-297972" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-265.17_1/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2002, c. 841.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
