<?xml version="1.0"?>
<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80434</law_id><section_number>56-265.20:1</section_number><catch_line>Locating nonmetallic underground utility lines</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="10.3">Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Notwithstanding the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Means of locating nonmetallic underground conduits" href="/56-257.1/">56-257.1</a>, any plastic or other nonmetallic utility lines installed underground on and after July 1, 2002, shall be installed in such a manner as to be locatable by the operator for the purposes of this chapter.</p></section></text><history>2002, c. 841.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
