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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 720 and 891 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1370531,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345329,"identifier":"10.1-1013","token":"10.1\/I\/10.1\/10.1-1013","url":"\/10.1-1013\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1013\/","token":"10.1\/I\/10.1\/10.1-1013","dublin_core":{"Title":"Standing","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1013","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>An action affecting a <span class=\"dictionary\">conservation easement<\/span> may be brought by:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> An owner of an interest in real property burdened by the easement; <a id=\"paragraph-1287456\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1013\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">holder<\/span> of the easement; <a id=\"paragraph-1287457\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1013\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> A person having an express third-<span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> right of enforcement; <a id=\"paragraph-1287458\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1013\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"4\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Attorney General<\/span> of the Commonwealth; <a id=\"paragraph-1287459\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1013\/#4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"5\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">5.<\/span> The Virginia Outdoors Foundation; <a id=\"paragraph-1287460\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1013\/#5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"6\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">6.<\/span> The Virginia Historic Landmarks Board; <a id=\"paragraph-1287461\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1013\/#6\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"7\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">7.<\/span> The local government in which the real property is located; or <a id=\"paragraph-1287462\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1013\/#7\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"8\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">8.<\/span> Any other governmental agency or person with standing under other <span class=\"dictionary\">statutes<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">common law<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1287463\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/10.1-1013\/#8\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTANDING (\u00a7 10.1-1013)\n\nAn action affecting a conservation easement may be brought by:\n\n1. An owner of an interest in real property burdened by the easement;\n\n2. A holder of the easement;\n\n3. A person having an express third-party right of enforcement;\n\n4. The Attorney General of the Commonwealth;\n\n5. The Virginia Outdoors Foundation;\n\n6. The Virginia Historic Landmarks Board;\n\n7. The local government in which the real property is located; or\n\n8. Any other governmental agency or person with standing under other statutes or\ncommon law.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, cc. 720, 891.","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"}}