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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>87274</law_id><section_number>56-265.18</section_number><catch_line>Notification requirements</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>56-265.17</reference><reference>56-265.17:1</reference><reference>56-265.22:1</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><p>Every locate request and designer notice served by any <span class="dictionary">person</span> on the notification center shall contain the following information:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The name of the individual serving such notice. <a id="paragraph-312528" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-265.18/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The specific location of the proposed excavation or demolition. If a specific description of the location of the excavation cannot be given, the <span class="dictionary">person</span> proposing to excavate or demolish shall comply with subsection E of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Notification required prior to excavation or demolition; waiting periods; marking of proposed site" href="/56-265.17/">56-265.17</a>. <a id="paragraph-312529" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-265.18/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The name, physical address, telephone number, and electronic mailing address, if available, of the excavator or demolisher, to whom notification can be given. <a id="paragraph-312530" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-265.18/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The excavator&#x2019;s or demolisher&#x2019;s field telephone number and, if available, electronic mailing address. <a id="paragraph-312531" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-265.18/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> The type and extent of the proposed excavation or demolition. <a id="paragraph-312532" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-265.18/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> The name of the <span class="dictionary">person</span> for whom the proposed excavation or demolition is being performed. <a id="paragraph-312533" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/56-265.18/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1979, c. 291; 1980, c. 696; 1989, c. 448; 1994, c. 890; 2002, c. 841; 2023, cc. 299, 300.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
