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This section shall not affect any lease made under Chapter 321 of the Acts of 1952.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1287295,"text":"Whenever any land in the Commonwealth has been or is conveyed to the United States with a provision in the deed that upon abandonment or use for any purpose other than that stated in the deed such land shall revert to the Commonwealth, and if any such land is abandoned or is no longer used for the purpose for which conveyed, the Governor is hereby authorized to convey to the political subdivision in which such land is situated, all right, title and interest of the Commonwealth in and to such land. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 170; in 1966, chapter 102; in 2005, chapter 839<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1370199,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345282,"identifier":"1-406","token":"1\/4\/1-406","url":"\/1-406\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/1-406\/","token":"1\/4\/1-406","dublin_core":{"Title":"Conveyances to political subdivisions of lands ceded to and no longer used by United States","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 1-406","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever any land in the Commonwealth has been or is conveyed to the United States with a provision in the deed that upon abandonment or use for any purpose other than that stated in the deed such land shall revert to the Commonwealth, and if any such land is abandoned or is no longer used for the purpose for which conveyed, the Governor is hereby authorized to convey to the political subdivision in which such land is situated, all right, title and interest of the Commonwealth in and to such land. This section shall not affect any lease made under Chapter 321 of the Acts of 1952.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONVEYANCES TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF LANDS CEDED TO AND NO LONGER USED BY\nUNITED STATES (\u00a7 1-406)\n\nWhenever any land in the Commonwealth has been or is conveyed to the United\nStates with a provision in the deed that upon abandonment or use for any purpose\nother than that stated in the deed such land shall revert to the Commonwealth,\nand if any such land is abandoned or is no longer used for the purpose for which\nconveyed, the Governor is hereby authorized to convey to the political\nsubdivision in which such land is situated, all right, title and interest of the\nCommonwealth in and to such land. This section shall not affect any lease made\nunder Chapter 321 of the Acts of 1952.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 7-25.1; 1954, c. 170; 1966, c. 102, \u00a7 7.1-23; 2005, c.\n839.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}