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Title 72 - Transportation Code
Chapter 05 - Rights-of-way Act
72-5-305 - Term of grant -- Abandonment.
72-5-305. Term of grant -- Abandonment.(1) In accordance with the terms of the R.S. 2477 right-of-way grant, once accepted, an R.S. 2477 right-of-way is established for a perpetual term.
(2) (a) Abandonment of any R.S. 2477 right-of-way shall only take place in accordance with the procedures in Part 1, Public Highways, of this chapter.
(b) If any R.S. 2477 right-of-way is abandoned by a political subdivision of the state, the right-of-way shall revert to the state.
(3) The passage of time or the frequency of use of an R.S. 2477 right-of-way is not evidence of waiver or abandonment of the R.S. 2477 right-of-way.
(4) An R.S. 2477 right-of-way continues even if the servient estate is transferred out of the public domain.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 270, 1998 General Session
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