Drainage Projects
This is Chapter 6 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Drainage Projects.” It is part of Title 21, titled “Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation And Public Facilities Districts.” It’s comprised of the following 137 sections.
- § 21-292
- Jurisdiction of circuit courts to establish projects
- § 21-292.1
- "District" means "project."
- § 21-293
- Drainage considered essential
- § 21-294
- Establishment considered public improvement
- § 21-295
- Form of petition; bond; summons of landowners not on petition
- § 21-296
- Circulation of duplicate originals of petition
- § 21-297
- Service and return of summons; appointment of board of viewers
- § 21-298
- Repealed
- § 21-299
- Notice to viewers of appointment
- § 21-300
- Filling vacancies on board
- § 21-301
- Compensation of viewers
- § 21-302
- Petition based on widening, deepening, etc., of natural streams
- § 21-303
- Withdrawal of persons signing petition
- § 21-304
- All landowners need not be listed in petition; amendments
- § 21-305
- Tile system of drainage
- § 21-306
- Compensation of engineer, assistants and viewers
- § 21-307
- Publication against unknown owners
- § 21-308
- Appointment of representative of unknown owner
- § 21-309
- Subsequent appearance of unknown owners
- § 21-310
- Guardian ad litem for infants and incapacitated adults
- § 21-311
- Recordation of petition and orders
- § 21-312
- Examination; preliminary report
- § 21-313
- Repealed
- § 21-314
- Notice of consideration of preliminary report
- § 21-315
- Hearing objections to preliminary report
- § 21-316
- Exclusion of land not affected by drainage
- § 21-317
- Changing boundaries to include land affected
- § 21-318
- Determining efficiency of drainage; changes
- § 21-319
- Board of viewers to attend hearing
- § 21-320
- Repealed
- § 21-321
- Preliminary establishment of district
- § 21-322
- Land excluded from district but located within boundaries
- § 21-323
- Condemnation of land
- § 21-324
- Right of appeal
- § 21-325
- Complete survey
- § 21-326
- Assistance in making survey
- § 21-327
- Courses, distances and levels
- § 21-328
- Bench marks
- § 21-329
- Other levels
- § 21-330
- Drainage map
- § 21-331
- Profile of each levee, etc.; estimate of costs; rights-of-way
- § 21-332
- Adoption of surveys already made
- § 21-333
- Assessment of damages
- § 21-334
- Classification of land; benefits; assessments
- § 21-335
- Cost of survey
- § 21-336
- Delay; extension of time
- § 21-337
- Final report; notice of hearing
- § 21-338
- Duty of viewers to review report and make changes
- § 21-339
- Approval by court
- § 21-340
- Power of court to reopen after approval
- § 21-341
- Dismissal of proceedings when cost exceeds benefit
- § 21-342
- Appeal
- § 21-343
- Payments into court
- § 21-344
- Payment of total costs and expenses
- § 21-345
- Assessment of lands benefited not theretofore included
- § 21-346
- Drainage record
- § 21-347
- Board of viewers to operate, manage and administer project
- § 21-348
- Superintendent of construction
- § 21-349
- Notice of time and place of letting contract; bids
- § 21-350
- Bond to accompany bid
- § 21-351
- Rejection of bid
- § 21-352
- Contract and bond of successful bidder
- § 21-353
- Superintendent and engineer to act as advisors
- § 21-354
- Basis of contract; inspection
- § 21-355
- Opening bids
- § 21-356
- Correction of report
- § 21-357
- Monthly estimates
- § 21-358
- Failure of contractor
- § 21-359
- Highway affected
- § 21-360
- Railroad; damage
- § 21-361
- Assessment of benefits to railroads
- § 21-362
- Notice to railroad
- § 21-363
- Manner of crossing right-of-way; cost
- § 21-364
- Control and repairs; penalty for injury to construction
- § 21-365
- Outlet for lateral drains
- § 21-366
- Certification and record of total cost
- § 21-367
- Preparation and contents of drainage tax lists
- § 21-368
- Assessment rolls to provide for bond interest payments
- § 21-369
- Amount of tax levied
- § 21-370
- Application of surplus to reduce assessment for following year
- § 21-371
- Assessment rolls to show time collectible; amount of assessment to depend on benefits
- § 21-372
- Signing rolls
- § 21-373
- Disposition of rolls
- § 21-374
- Assessment shall have effect of judgment and constitute lien
- § 21-375
- When assessment due and payable; when delinquent
- § 21-376
- Interest from delinquency; penalty
- § 21-377
- Notice of sale of delinquent land
- § 21-378
- Place of sale when land lies in more than one county
- § 21-379
- Time of sale of delinquent lands
- § 21-380
- Redemption of delinquent lands sold
- § 21-381
- Sufficiency of bids at delinquent sales
- § 21-382
- Rights of board of viewers at sale
- § 21-383
- Who may redeem
- § 21-384
- Board of viewers to pay treasurer
- § 21-385
- Effect when board of viewers acquires land at sale
- § 21-386
- Sale and collection according to general law
- § 21-387
- Deed to purchaser
- § 21-388
- Duty of treasurer to make payments of interest and principal of bonds
- § 21-389
- Change of assessment rolls on change of ownership of lands
- § 21-390
- Law governing sales
- § 21-391
- Notice of redemption
- § 21-392
- Repayment to purchasers on redemption; deed on failure to redeem
- § 21-393
- Notice of issuance of bonds
- § 21-394
- Payment of full amount by landowner
- § 21-395
- Defense; waiver
- § 21-396
- Issuing bonds; amount
- § 21-397
- Interest and maturity of bonds
- § 21-398
- Sale of bonds and disposition of proceeds
- § 21-399
- Same; records
- § 21-400
- Right of holders on default
- § 21-400.1
- Bonds mutilated, lost or destroyed
- § 21-401
- Exemption of bonds from taxation
- § 21-402
- Changing assessments to conform to judgment
- § 21-403
- Ratio of relevy
- § 21-404
- Payment of assessments from proceeds of sale of land
- § 21-405
- Procedure when value of land not equal to future assessments
- § 21-406
- Surplus in hands of treasurer
- § 21-407
- Impairment or destruction of work during construction
- § 21-408
- Default by contractor
- § 21-409
- When additional bonds may be issued
- § 21-410
- Procedure for issuance of additional bonds
- § 21-411
- Amount, interest and maturity of additional bonds
- § 21-412
- When refunding bonds may be issued
- § 21-413
- Maturity, interest and registration of refunding bonds
- § 21-414
- Sale or exchange of refunding bonds
- § 21-415
- How refunding bonds sold
- § 21-416
- Collection of assessments on retired bonds
- § 21-417
- Additional assessments to pay principal and interest on refunding bonds
- § 21-418
- Cancellation of assessments for retired bonds
- § 21-419
- Preparation of assessment rolls when additional assessments made
- § 21-420
- How additional assessments made
- § 21-421
- Law applicable to original bonds applies to refunding bonds
- § 21-422
- Contracts with United States as to refunding
- § 21-423
- Compensation and expenses
- § 21-424
- Defects in the proceedings; construction of chapter
- § 21-425
- Removal of engineers, viewers, etc
- § 21-426
- Appropriation of county funds