CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONSENT OF LANDOWNERS (§ 33.2-709)

In the event that some of the landowners do not require compensation and will
execute their written consent giving the right-of-way in question, the viewers
or the county road engineer or county road manager shall obtain such consent and
return it with the report to the local governing body, and such written consent
shall operate and have the force and effect of a deed from the landowners of the
county for the right-of-way so long as it is used by the public, in case the
highway is established, and it shall be recorded in the deed books of the
county.Should any of the landowners require compensation and not unite in such
deed, the subsequent proceedings shall be as prescribed in this article.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 33-145; 1970, c. 322, § 33.1-232; 2014, c. 805.