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.