                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RELOCATION OR VACATION OF BOUNDARY LINES (§ 15.2-2275)

Any locality may provide, as a part of its subdivision ordinance, that the
boundary lines of any lot or parcel of land may be vacated, relocated or
otherwise altered as a part of an otherwise valid and properly recorded plat of
subdivision or resubdivision (i) approved as provided in the subdivision
ordinance or (ii) properly recorded prior to the applicability of a subdivision
ordinance, and executed by the owner or owners of the land as provided in §
15.2-2264. The action shall not involve the relocation or alteration of streets,
alleys, easements for public passage, or other public areas. No easements or
utility rights-of-way shall be relocated or altered without the express consent
of all persons holding any interest therein.
		Alternatively, a locality may allow the vacating of lot lines by recordation
of a deed providing that no easements or utility rights-of-way located along any
lot lines to be vacated shall be extinguished or altered without the express
consent of all persons holding any interest therein. The deed shall be approved
in writing, on its face, by the local governing body or its designee. The deed
shall reference the recorded plat by which the lot line was originally created.

HISTORY: 1982, c. 294, § 15.1-483.1; 1993, c. 121; 1997, cc. 524, 545, 587;
2005, c. 338.