                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

UTILITY EASEMENTS (§ 55.1-306)

A. For the purposes of this section, &#8220;utility services&#8221; means any
products, services, and equipment related to energy, broadband and other
communications services, water, and sewerage.

B. Where an easement, whether appurtenant or gross, is expressly granted by an
instrument recorded on or after July 1, 2006, that imposes on a servient tract
of land a covenant (i) to provide an easement in the future for the benefit of
utility services; (ii) to relocate, construct, or maintain facilities owned by
an entity that provides utility services; or (iii) to pay the cost of such
relocation, construction, or maintenance, such covenant shall be deemed for all
purposes to touch and concern the servient tract, to run with the servient
tract, its successors, and assigns for the benefit of the entity providing
utility services, its successors, and assigns.

HISTORY: 2006, c. 795, § 55-50.2; 2019, c. 712; 2020, cc. 1131, 1132.