CODE OF VIRGINIA

VIEW OF PROPERTY (§ 25.1-231)

The court shall direct the body determining just compensation, in the custody of
the sheriff or sergeant or one of his deputies, to view the property described
in the petition with the owner and the petitioner, or any representative of
either party, and none other, unless otherwise directed by the court. Upon
motion of either party, the judge shall accompany the body determining just
compensation upon such view. Such view shall not be considered by the body
determining just compensation as the sole evidence in the case.

HISTORY: Code 1919, §§ 4368, 4369; Code 1950, §§ 25-17, 25-18, 25-18.1;
1956, c. 563; 1962, c. 426, § 25-46.21; 1991, c. 520; 2000, c. 1029; 2003, c.
940.