2014 Virginia Code
Title 33.1 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries
§ 33.1-154. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Conveying sections of roads, public landings, or other property no longer necessary

Whenever a secondary road or public landing has been abandoned in accordance with the provisions of § 33.1-151 or 33.1-152 or in accordance with § 33.1-155, and its use is no longer deemed necessary by the Commissioner, the Commissioner shall so certify in writing to the governing body of the county in which such road or public landing is located, such facts, and the governing body or the Commissioner shall thereupon be authorized to execute, in the name of the Commonwealth or the county, as the case may be, a deed or deeds conveying such sections, or public landing either for a consideration or in exchange for other lands that may be necessary for the uses of the secondary system. But before any such deed either for the sale or exchange of land is executed conveying any section of a road or public landing upon or along which any person or persons reside, notice shall be given by the Commissioner or the governing body of the county, as the case may be, and to the owner or owners of the land upon which such person or persons reside of the intention to convey the section of road or public landing and if, after a reasonable notice of such intention, any such landowner so requests a hearing shall be ordered by the Commissioner or governing body, as the case may be, as now provided by law. If, upon such hearing, it is made to appear that such section of road or public landing should be kept open for the reasonable convenience of such landowner, or the public, then such section of road or public landing shall not be conveyed.

Any such conveyance by the governing body of a county shall not be subject to § 15.2-1800.

When real estate heretofore or hereafter acquired by the Commonwealth incidental to the construction, reconstruction, alteration, maintenance and repair of the secondary system of state highways which does not constitute a section of the public road is deemed by the Commissioner no longer necessary for the uses of the secondary system of state highways, the Commissioner shall so certify in writing and is authorized to execute, in the name of the Commonwealth, a deed or deeds conveying such real estate, interest therein or any portion thereof, either for a consideration or in exchange for other lands that may be necessary for the uses of the secondary system of state highways.

Upon petition of a local governing body, the Commonwealth Transportation Board may transfer real estate acquired incidental to the construction, reconstruction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of the Secondary System of State Highways which constitutes a section of public road, to the local governing body, and upon such transfer, such section of road shall cease being a part of the Secondary System of State Highways.

Any such conveyance shall have the approval of the Board by resolution recorded in the minutes of a meeting of the Board.

Code 1950, § 33-76.11; 1950, p. 733; 1956, c. 106; 1970, c. 322; 1981, c. 323; 2002, c. 445; 2011, cc. 36, 152.