25.1-222 - Proceedings not to be delayed by claims with respect to ownership of property. - Virginia Statutes

§ 25.1-222. Proceedings not to be delayed by claims with respect to ownershipof property.

No delay in the proceeding for the determination of just compensation shallbe occasioned by the claims of the parties with respect to the ownership ofany land or other property or to the interest therein of the respectiveparties. In such cases the court shall require the retention of the depositof the award for the whole property, or the part in dispute, until the rightsof the respective parties have been determined in the manner hereinafterprovided in § 25.1-241; provided, however, the court shall permit any suchclaimants to intervene as parties to the proceedings as provided in §25.1-218.

(1962, c. 426, § 25-46.18; 2003, c. 940.)