2014 Virginia Code
Title 33.1 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries
§ 33.1-184. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Evidence as to existence of a public road
When a way has been worked by road officials as a public road and is used by the public as such, proof of these facts shall be prima facie evidence that the same is a public road. And when a way has been regularly or periodically worked by road officials as a public road and used by the public as such continuously for a period of twenty years, proof of these facts shall be conclusive evidence that the same is a public road. In all such cases the center of the general line of passage, conforming to the ancient landmarks where such exist, shall be presumed to be the center of the way and in the absence of proof to the contrary the width shall be presumed to be thirty feet.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to convert into a public road a way of which the use by the public has been or is permissive and the work thereon by the road officials has been or is done under permission of the owner of the servient tenement.
Code 1950, ยง 33-98; 1970, c. 322.
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