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The school board of every county or part thereof included in such school division and the city council or the school board, whichever holds title to the school property included in such school division, shall transfer title to the school property included in such school division to the division school board.\n\nIf, at the time a school division to which the provisions of this article are applicable is formed, the ownership of school property, real or personal, has not been determined or the title thereto is in question or there is a dispute as to the ownership or title, then such question of ownership or title may be determined before the formation of the school division either by a written agreement between the participating divisions with the approval of the respective governing bodies thereof or by any participating division petitioning a circuit court in the jurisdiction where the property or any part thereof lies to determine the title to the property, and such adjudication of ownership or title shall be conclusive thereafter.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1321733,"text":"The title to all school property in the school division shall be vested in the division school board. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 391; in 1956, chapter 671; in 1980, chapter 559.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1410969,"object_type":"law","relational_id":354945,"identifier":"22.1-56","token":"22.1\/5\/6\/22.1-56","url":"\/22.1-56\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-56\/","token":"22.1\/5\/6\/22.1-56","dublin_core":{"Title":"Transfer of title to school property; adjudication of ownership","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-56","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The title to all school property in the school division shall be vested in the division school board<\/span>. The school board<\/span> of every county or part thereof included in such school division and the city council or the school board<\/span>, whichever holds title to the school property included in such school division, shall transfer title to the school property included in such school division to the division school board<\/span>.<\/p>

If, at the time a school division to which the provisions of this article are applicable is formed, the ownership of school property, real or personal, has not been determined or the title thereto is in question or there is a dispute as to the ownership or title, then such question of ownership or title may be determined before the formation of the school division either by a written agreement between the participating divisions with the approval of the respective governing bodies thereof or by any participating division petitioning a circuit<\/span> court<\/span> in the jurisdiction<\/span> where the property or any part thereof lies to determine the title to the property, and such adjudication of ownership or title shall be conclusive thereafter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRANSFER OF TITLE TO SCHOOL PROPERTY; ADJUDICATION OF OWNERSHIP (\u00a7 22.1-56)\n\nThe title to all school property in the school division shall be vested in the\ndivision school board. The school board of every county or part thereof included\nin such school division and the city council or the school board, whichever\nholds title to the school property included in such school division, shall\ntransfer title to the school property included in such school division to the\ndivision school board.\n\nIf, at the time a school division to which the provisions of this article are\napplicable is formed, the ownership of school property, real or personal, has\nnot been determined or the title thereto is in question or there is a dispute as\nto the ownership or title, then such question of ownership or title may be\ndetermined before the formation of the school division either by a written\nagreement between the participating divisions with the approval of the\nrespective governing bodies thereof or by any participating division petitioning\na circuit court in the jurisdiction where the property or any part thereof lies\nto determine the title to the property, and such adjudication of ownership or\ntitle shall be conclusive thereafter.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 22-100.7; 1954, c. 391; 1956, c. 671; 1971, Ex. Sess., c.\n161; 1980, c. 559.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}