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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>65189</law_id><section_number>56-463</section_number><catch_line>Company may contract for right-of-way, etc</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>56-464</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="15">Telegraph and Telephone Companies</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Erection of Lines; Rights-Of-Way; Eminent Domain, Etc</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every telegraph or telephone <span class="dictionary">company</span> and every cable operator that has a franchise to use the public rights-of-way in a locality may <span class="dictionary">contract</span> with any <span class="dictionary">person</span>, the owner of lands, or of any interest, franchise, <span class="dictionary">privilege</span>, or easement therein or in respect thereto, over which such line is proposed to be constructed, for the right-of-way for erecting, repairing, and preserving its poles and other structures necessary for operating its line, and in the case of telegraph or telephone companies, for sufficient land for the erection and occupation of offices at suitable distances along its line for the public accommodation. No such <span class="dictionary">company</span> or operator may be required by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> or other governmental regulatory entity to accept any such interest, franchise, <span class="dictionary">privilege</span>, or easement that restricts the services that may legally be offered by the <span class="dictionary">company</span> or operator.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 4039; 2009, c. 331.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
