                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS INSTITUTED; PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION OR DAMAGES;
ORDER CONFIRMING AWARD; RECORDING (§ 33.2-1025)

Within 100 days after the recordation of such certificate, if the Commissioner
of Highways and the owner of such lands or interest therein taken or damaged by
the Commissioner of Highways are unable to agree as to the compensation or
damages, if any, caused thereby, or such consent cannot be obtained due to the
incapacity of the owner, or because such owner is unknown or cannot with
reasonable diligence be found within the Commonwealth, the Commissioner of
Highways shall institute condemnation proceedings, as provided in this article,
unless said proceedings shall have been instituted prior to the recordation of
such certificate. The amount of such compensation and damages, if any, awarded
to the owner in such proceedings shall be paid out of the appropriations to the
Department. The final order confirming the award of the Commissioner of Highways
shall confirm absolute and indefeasible title to the land, or interest therein,
in the Commonwealth and shall be recorded in the current deed book. The
Commissioner of Highways and the property owner may mutually agree to delay the
institution of condemnation proceedings by written agreement between such
parties or counsel for such parties.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 33-70.9; 1958, c. 581; 1970, c. 322, § 33.1-127; 1993,
c. 35; 2003, c. 317; 2014, c. 805; 2015, c. 256; 2025, c. 617.