{"law_id":"778378","section_number":"55-50.3","catch_line":"Public road easements; maintenance and improvements","history":"2008, c. 599.","order_by":null,"metadata":false,"court_decisions":{"0":{"name":"Corbett v. Ruben","case_number":"Record No. 800212","citation":"223 Va. 468","date":"1982-04-30","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/1355911\/corbett-v-ruben\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f.  appurtenances of every kind....\" Code | 55-50.  [3] .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"<abbr title=\"Supreme Court of Virginia\">SCV<\/abbr>"}},"official_url":"http:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/55-50.3\/","refers_to":false,"url":"\/55-50.3\/","token":"55\/4\/1\/55-50.3","structure":{"1":{"id":"2267","name":"Form And Effect Of Deeds And Leases","identifier":"1","label":"article","url":"\/55\/4\/1\/"},"2":{"id":"1180","name":"Form And Effect Of Deeds And Covenants; Liens","identifier":"4","label":"chapter","url":"\/55\/4\/"},"3":{"id":"30","name":"Property And Conveyances","identifier":"55","label":"title","url":"\/55\/"}},"referred_to_by":false,"edition_id":"11","section_id":"778378","structure_id":"2267","full_text":"Whenever a public road that has never been abandoned but is no longer publicly maintained serves as access for more than one property owner and operates as the primary source of ingress and egress for that property, any one of the property owners may maintain, repair, or improve the road at his own expense without the express permission of the other property owners but only after administrative review by the local government. All other property owners shall be notified by mail of any pending maintenance, repair, or improvements prior to commencement of the work. Nothing in this section, however, shall be construed as allowing the property owner who is doing the maintenance, repairs, or improvements to the road to interfere with the other property owners&#8217; use of the road for ingress and egress.","text":{"0":{"id":"2510461","text":"Whenever a public road that has never been abandoned but is no longer publicly maintained serves as access for more than one property owner and operates as the primary source of ingress and egress for that property, any one of the property owners may maintain, repair, or improve the road at his own expense without the express permission of the other property owners but only after administrative review by the local government. All other property owners shall be notified by mail of any pending maintenance, repair, or improvements prior to commencement of the work. Nothing in this section, however, shall be construed as allowing the property owner who is doing the maintenance, repairs, or improvements to the road to interfere with the other property owners&#8217; use of the road for ingress and egress.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":{"1":{"id":"2267","name":"Form And Effect Of Deeds And Leases","identifier":"1","label":"article","url":"\/55\/4\/1\/"},"2":{"id":"1180","name":"Form And Effect Of Deeds And Covenants; Liens","identifier":"4","label":"chapter","url":"\/55\/4\/"},"3":{"id":"30","name":"Property And Conveyances","identifier":"55","label":"title","url":"\/55\/"}},"structure_contents":{"0":{"id":"777499","structure_id":"2267","section_number":"55-49","catch_line":"How construed","url":"\/55-49\/","token":"55\/4\/1\/55-49"},"1":{"id":"786647","structure_id":"2267","section_number":"55-49.1","catch_line":"Construction of generic terms","url":"\/55-49.1\/","token":"55\/4\/1\/55-49.1"},"2":{"id":"791575","structure_id":"2267","section_number":"55-50","catch_line":"Appurtenances, etc., included in deed of land; relocation of easement","url":"\/55-50\/","token":"55\/4\/1\/55-50"},"3":{"id":"793171","structure_id":"2267","section_number":"55-50.1","catch_line":"Enjoyment of easement","url":"\/55-50.1\/","token":"55\/4\/1\/55-50.1"},"4":{"id":"785839","structure_id":"2267","section_number":"55-50.2","catch_line":"Utility easements","url":"\/55-50.2\/","token":"55\/4\/1\/55-50.2"},"5":{"id":"778378","structure_id":"2267","section_number":"55-50.3","catch_line":"Public road easements; maintenance and improvements","url":"\/55-50.3\/","token":"55\/4\/1\/55-50.3"},"6":{"id":"787167","structure_id":"2267","section_number":"55-50.4","catch_line":"Private roads; public use; maintenance and improvements","url":"\/55-50.4\/","token":"55\/4\/1\/55-50.4"},"7":{"id":"783686","structure_id":"2267","section_number":"55-51","catch_line":"Deeds good between parties","url":"\/55-51\/","token":"55\/4\/1\/55-51"},"8":{"id":"780080","structure_id":"2267","section_number":"55-52","catch_line":"Conveyance of property not owned but subsequently acquired","url":"\/55-52\/","token":"55\/4\/1\/55-52"},"9":{"id":"769153","structure_id":"2267","section_number":"55-53","catch_line":"Vendor's equitable lien abolished","url":"\/55-53\/","token":"55\/4\/1\/55-53"},"10":{"id":"771520","structure_id":"2267","section_number":"55-54","catch_line":"Certain deeds to county real estate validated","url":"\/55-54\/","token":"55\/4\/1\/55-54"},"11":{"id":"774395","structure_id":"2267","section_number":"55-55","catch_line":"Validation of sales, etc., by county courts prior to 1860","url":"\/55-55\/","token":"55\/4\/1\/55-55"},"12":{"id":"793601","structure_id":"2267","section_number":"55-56","catch_line":"Deeds and writings executed for persons in military service, etc., under defective powers","url":"\/55-56\/","token":"55\/4\/1\/55-56"},"13":{"id":"790028","structure_id":"2267","section_number":"55-57.1","catch_line":"Memoranda of leases and options","url":"\/55-57.1\/","token":"55\/4\/1\/55-57.1"},"14":{"id":"768403","structure_id":"2267","section_number":"55-57.2","catch_line":"Effect of option; recording","url":"\/55-57.2\/","token":"55\/4\/1\/55-57.2"}},"previous_section":{"id":"785839","structure_id":"2267","section_number":"55-50.2","catch_line":"Utility easements","url":"\/55-50.2\/","token":"55\/4\/1\/55-50.2"},"next_section":{"id":"787167","structure_id":"2267","section_number":"55-50.4","catch_line":"Private roads; public use; maintenance and improvements","url":"\/55-50.4\/","token":"55\/4\/1\/55-50.4"},"references":false,"formats":{"txt":"\/55-50.3.txt","json":"\/55-50.3.json","xml":"\/55-50.3.xml"},"dublin_core":{"Title":"Public road easements; maintenance and improvements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55-50.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPUBLIC ROAD EASEMENTS; MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS (\u00a7 55-50.3)\n\nWhenever a public road that has never been abandoned but is no longer publicly\nmaintained serves as access for more than one property owner and operates as the\nprimary source of ingress and egress for that property, any one of the property\nowners may maintain, repair, or improve the road at his own expense without the\nexpress permission of the other property owners but only after administrative\nreview by the local government. All other property owners shall be notified by\nmail of any pending maintenance, repair, or improvements prior to commencement\nof the work. Nothing in this section, however, shall be construed as allowing\nthe property owner who is doing the maintenance, repairs, or improvements to the\nroad to interfere with the other property owners&#8217; use of the road for\ningress and egress.\n\nHISTORY: 2008, c. 599."}