33.1-139 - Procedure for acquisition of properties. - Virginia Statutes

§ 33.1-139. Procedure for acquisition of properties.

The procedure for acquiring such properties shall be mutatis mutandis thesame as provided for the acquisition of land or interest therein by theCommonwealth Transportation Commissioner in Article 7 (§ 33.1-89 et seq.) ofthis chapter, except that no proceeding instituted for the purposes ofacquiring property hereunder shall fail for lack of a completed constructionplan for the highway for which property is being acquired. In lieu of acenterline description, any land or interest therein acquired hereunder maybe described by metes and bounds, or any other recognized method ofdescribing boundaries to land.

(Code 1950, § 33-75.7; 1964, c. 263; 1970, c. 322.)