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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>345812</law_id><section_number>10.1-1705.1</section_number><catch_line>Construction</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="38" identifier="10.1">Conservation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Activities Administered by Other Entities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="11" identifier="17">Open-Space Land Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Notwithstanding any provision of <span class="dictionary">law</span> to the contrary, an easement held pursuant to this chapter shall be construed in favor of achieving the conservation purposes for which it was created.</p></section></text><history>2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 274, 317.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
