Chapter 10.3: Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act

This chapter is comprised of the following sections:

§56-265.14 Short title
§56-265.15 Definitions; calculation of time periods
§56-265.15:1  Exemptions; routine maintenance
§56-265.16 Repealed
§56-265.16:1 Operators to join notification centers; certification
§56-265.17 Notification required prior to excavation or demolition; waiting periods; marking of proposed site
§56-265.17:1 Notification and procedures for designers
§56-265.17:2 Procedures for project owners
§56-265.17:3 Procedures for operators in response to a designer notice
§56-265.18 Notification requirements
§56-265.19 Duties of operator; regulations
§56-265.19:1 Private sewer laterals and sewer system laterals
§56-265.20 Repealed
§56-265.20:1 Locating nonmetallic underground utility lines
§56-265.21 Marking by color
§56-265.22 Duties of notification center upon notification by person intending to excavate; record of notification made by telephone required
§56-265.22:1 Meetings between excavators and operators
§56-265.23 Exemption for roadway maintenance operations by the Virginia Department of Transportation and certain counties, cities, and towns
§56-265.24 Duties of excavator
§56-265.24:1 Request to cease operation; immediate threat; penalty
§56-265.25 Liability of operator and excavator; penalties
§56-265.26 Repealed
§56-265.26:1 Utility line depth requirement
§56-265.27 Repealed
§56-265.28 Sovereign immunity
§56-265.29 Other similar laws
§56-265.30 Authority of the State Corporation Commission
§56-265.31 Commission to establish advisory committee
§56-265.32 Commission to impose civil penalties for certain violations; establishment of Underground Utility Damage Prevention Special Fund
