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Title 33.2 - HIGHWAYS AND OTHER SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMSSubtitle II - MODES OF TRANSPORTATION: HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, FERRIES, RAIL, AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONChapter 9 - ABANDONMENT AND DISCONTINUANCE OF HIGHWAYS AND ROADS
Article 3 - ABANDONMENT OF ROADS NOT IN PRIMARY OR SECONDARY STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM
Section 33.2-917 - Petition for abandonment

Va. Code § 33.2-917

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Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through ch. 845
Section 33.2-917 - Petition for abandonment

Any person desiring to have a road abandoned may petition the governing body to abandon such road by filing the petition and a reasonably accurate plat and description of the section proposed to be abandoned with the governing body and in the clerk's office of the county. The governing body may proceed to have such road abandoned as provided in this article, but the expenses shall be borne by the petitioner.

Va. Code § 33.2-917

Code 1950, § 33-76.16; 1950, p. 735; 1970, c. 322, § 33.1-159; 2014, c. 805.
Added by Acts 2014 c. 805, § 1, eff. 10/1/2014.