                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMMENCEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS (§ 25.1-205)

A. Proceedings for condemnation shall be initiated by filing a petition
complying with the requirements of &#xA7; 25.1-206 in the court.

B. A public utility shall not be required, as a prerequisite to its filing of
its petition for the condemnation of property necessary for ordinary extensions
or improvements of its facilities within the territory in which it is lawfully
authorized to operate, for use in public utility service, to obtain a
certificate from the State Corporation Commission under the Utility Facilities
Act, Chapter 10.1 (&#xA7; 56-265.1 et seq.) of Title 56. This subsection shall
not be construed to exempt a public utility from the requirements of &#xA7;
25.1-102 when the condemnation would take property of another corporation
possessing the power of eminent domain.

HISTORY: Code 1919, §§ 4364, 4365; Code 1950, §§ 25-8, 25-9, 25-10; 1962, c.
426, §§ 25-46.7, 25-46.9; 1975, c. 189; 1980, c. 441; 1981, c. 316; 1991, c.
520; 2000, c. 1029; 2003, c. 940.