15.2-5214 - Eminent domain. - Virginia Statutes

§ 15.2-5214. Eminent domain.

The commission shall have the right to acquire by eminent domain any realproperty, including fixtures and improvements, which it deems necessary tocarry out the purposes of this chapter after it adopts a resolution declaringthat the acquisition of the property described therein is in the publicinterest and necessary for public use. The commission may exercise the powerof eminent domain pursuant to the provisions of any applicable statutoryprovisions now in force or hereafter enacted for the exercise of the power ofeminent domain by any locality.

Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired; however, noproperty belonging to any locality, government, religious corporation,unincorporated church or charitable corporation may be acquired without itsconsent.

(Code 1950, § 32-288; 1950, p. 244; 1979, c. 719, § 15.1-1528; 1997, c. 587;2005, c. 928; 2006, c. 673.)