CODE OF VIRGINIA

ABANDONMENT OF PROCEEDINGS AFTER ENTRY UPON PROPERTY (§ 25.1-225)

If the petitioner enters upon the property under this section and does any work
thereon, or causes any injury or damage to such property, it shall not
thereafter be entitled, without the consent of the owner, to abandon the
proceedings for the condemnation thereof, but shall conduct the condemnation
proceedings with reasonable dispatch to final judgment.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 4362; 1924, p. 60; Code 1950, §§ 25-3, 25-4; 1962, c.
426, § 25-46.8; 1977, c. 394; 1979, c. 494; 2003, c. 940.