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Title 25.1 - Eminent Domain
Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS- § 25.1-100. Definitions
- § 25.1-101. Condemnation by state institutions
- § 25.1-102. Condemnation of property of corporations possessing power of eminent domain
- § 25.1-103. Condemnation of lands of state institutions
- § 25.1-104. Condemnation of lands of private educational institutions for highway purposes
- § 25.1-105. Condemnation of cemeteries
- § 25.1-106. Condemnation of lands within agricultural and forestal districts
- § 25.1-107. Condemnation of lands within adopted conservation or redevelopment plans
- § 25.1-108. Offer to sell to former owner
- § 25.1-109. Condemnation of lands for compensatory mitigation of wetlands
Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
- § 25.1-200. Chapter controls condemnation proceedings
- § 25.1-201. Jurisdiction of condemnation proceedings
- § 25.1-202. Nature of proceedings
- § 25.1-203. Authority of certain condemnors to inspect property; reimbursement for damages; notice prior to entry
- § 25.1-204. Effort to purchase required; prerequisite to effort to purchase or filing certificate
Article 2. CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS
- § 25.1-205. Commencement of proceedings
- § 25.1-205.1. Mandatory dispute resolution orientation session
- § 25.1-206. Petition for condemnation
- § 25.1-207. Inclusion in petition of request for right of entry
- § 25.1-208. Joinder of separate parcels
- § 25.1-209. Notice of filing of petition
- § 25.1-210. Service of notice by order of publication; mailing copy of notice by publication
- § 25.1-211. Form of notice by publication
- § 25.1-212. Personal service of notice on nonresident owner
- § 25.1-213. Filing an answer and grounds of defense; election of commissioners or jury
- § 25.1-214. Failure of owner to file answer and grounds of defense
- § 25.1-215. No notice required where owner is a person under a disability; appointment of guardian ad litem
- § 25.1-216. Amendments to pleadings
- § 25.1-217. Substitution of party where owner becomes incapable of defending
- § 25.1-218. Intervention in proceedings
- § 25.1-219. Pretrial settlement conference; determination of preliminary issues; fixing date of trial on issue of just compensation
- § 25.1-220. Who determines issue of just compensation
- § 25.1-221. Consolidation of petitions for trial
- § 25.1-222. Proceedings not to be delayed by claims with respect to ownership of property
Article 3. RIGHT OF ENTRY AFTER FILING PETITION
- § 25.1-223. Right to enter upon property
- § 25.1-224. Conditions upon entry; bonding; withdrawal of share by owner
- § 25.1-225. Abandonment of proceedings after entry upon property
Article 4. DETERMINATION OF JUST COMPENSATION BY COMMISSIONERS
- § 25.1-226. Repealed
- § 25.1-227.1. Qualifications of commissioners
- § 25.1-227.2. Empanelment of commissioners
Article 5. DETERMINATION OF JUST COMPENSATION BY JURORS
Article 6. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO DETERMINATIONS OF JUST COMPENSATION
- § 25.1-230. Measure of just compensation; oaths of members of body determining just compensation
- § 25.1-230.1. Lost access and lost profits
- § 25.1-231. View of property
- § 25.1-232. Testimony on issues; report on just compensation
- § 25.1-233. Confirmation of report; exceptions to report
- § 25.1-234. Participation by certain tenants in proceedings to determine just compensation
- § 25.1-235. Compensation of commissioners or jurors
- § 25.1-236. Contracts made part of report
Article 7. JUDGMENT AND POST-JUDGMENT PROCEDURE
- § 25.1-237. Payment of compensation and damages into court; vesting of title
- § 25.1-238. Petitioner may begin work during pendency of proceedings; injunction prohibited
- § 25.1-239. Finality of order confirming, altering or modifying report; appeal
- § 25.1-240. Distribution of money paid into court
- § 25.1-241. Hearing on controversy among claimants to money paid into court
- § 25.1-242. Appointment of other body to determine just compensation when new trial ordered; costs of new trial
- § 25.1-243. Withdrawal pendente lite of money paid into court
- § 25.1-244. Interest on award; entry of judgment for award and interest
- § 25.1-245. Costs
- § 25.1-246. When sheriff to remove forcible resistance to entry
- § 25.1-247. Recordation of orders, judgments and proceedings; costs
Article 8. DISMISSAL OF PROCEEDINGS
- § 25.1-248. Dismissal of proceedings prior to trial on issue of just compensation
- § 25.1-249. Dismissal of proceedings after commencement of trial on issue of just compensation
- § 25.1-250. Effect of failure of petitioner to pay award; expenses
- § 25.1-251. Dismissal of proceedings by stipulation of parties; effect of dismissal; dropping parties
- § 25.1-300. Definitions
- § 25.1-301. Applicability of chapter; purpose
- § 25.1-302. Protection of property
- § 25.1-303. Effort to acquire property by purchase
- § 25.1-304. Authority to take possession and title to property
- § 25.1-305. Authorized condemnor to make payment into court or file certificate of deposit before entering upon land
- § 25.1-306. Notice of intent to file certificate
- § 25.1-307. Content of certificates; recordation of certificates
- § 25.1-308. Effect of recordation of certificate; transfer of title or interest in property
- § 25.1-309. Property situated in two or more localities
- § 25.1-310. Proceedings for distribution of funds
- § 25.1-311. Effect of acceptance of payments; evidence as to amount of deposit or certificate
- § 25.1-312. Reformation, alteration, revision, amendment or invalidation of certificate
- § 25.1-313. Institution of condemnation proceedings
- § 25.1-314. Order confirming award; recordation
- § 25.1-315. Awards in greater amounts than deposit; interest
- § 25.1-316. Awards in lesser amounts than deposit; interest
- § 25.1-317. Agreements as to compensation; petition and order of court thereon; disposition of funds
- § 25.1-318. Petition by owner for determination of just compensation
Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
- § 25.1-400. Definitions
- § 25.1-401. Scope of chapter
- § 25.1-402. Rules and regulations
- § 25.1-403. Payments not considered income or resources
- § 25.1-404. Administrative payments; construction
- § 25.1-405. Funds for implementing provisions of chapter
Article 2. RELOCATION ASSISTANCE
- § 25.1-406. Moving and related expenses
- § 25.1-407. Optional moving expense allowance for persons displaced from dwelling
- § 25.1-408. Optional payment for persons displaced from a place of business or farm operation
- § 25.1-409. (Effective until October 1, 2014) Replacement housing for homeowners
- § 25.1-409. Replacement housing for homeowners
- § 25.1-410. Replacement housing for tenants
- § 25.1-410. (Effective until October 1, 2014) Replacement housing for tenants and certain homeowners
- § 25.1-411. Relocation planning, assistance coordination, and advisory services
- § 25.1-412. Administration of relocation assistance programs
- § 25.1-413. Payments to certain persons displaced as the result of certain code enforcement activities
- § 25.1-414. Authority of state agency where replacement housing not available; requiring person to move
- § 25.1-415. Adjustments to certain benefit limits
- § 25.1-416. Application of article
Article 3. REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION POLICIES
- § 25.1-417. General provisions for conduct of acquisition
- § 25.1-417.1. Expired
- § 25.1-418. Reimbursement of owner for certain expenses
- § 25.1-419. Reimbursement of owner for costs when condemnation proceeding is abandoned or denied
- § 25.1-420. Reimbursement of owner for costs incurred in inverse condemnation proceeding
- § 25.1-421. Buildings, structures and other improvements on real property
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