25.1-237 - Payment of compensation and damages into court; vesting of title. - Virginia Statutes

§ 25.1-237. Payment of compensation and damages into court; vesting of title.

Upon the return of the report of the body determining just compensation, andthe confirmation, alteration or modification thereof in the manner providedin this chapter, the sum so ascertained by the court as compensation anddamages, if any, to the property owners may be paid into court. Upon payingsuch sum into court, title to the property and rights condemned shall vest inthe petitioner to the extent prayed for in the petition, unless such titleshall have already vested in the petitioner in a manner otherwise provided bylaw. The petitioner or its agent shall have the right to enter and constructits works or improvements upon or through the property described in itspetition.

(Code 1919, § 4369; Code 1950, §§ 25-19, 25-20; 1962, c. 426, § 25-46.24;2000, c. 1029; 2003, c. 940.)