CODE OF VIRGINIA

ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF ABANDONING ROADS (§ 33.2-925)

As an alternative to the procedure for abandonment prescribed by this article, a
road may be abandoned in accordance with the procedure for vacations in
subdivision 2 of § 15.2-2272. All abandonments of roads sought to be effected
according to subsection (b) of former § 15.1-482 before July 1, 1990, are
hereby validated notwithstanding any defects or deficiencies in the proceeding,
provided that property rights that have vested subsequent to the attempted
abandonment are not impaired by such validation. The manner of reversion shall
not be affected by this section.

HISTORY: 1990, c. 198, § 33.1-166.1; 2014, c. 805.