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In an easement vested in the Virginia Outdoors Foundation by operation of the preceding sentence, the Foundation may retain it or thereafter convey it to any other public body or any holder the Foundation deems most appropriate to hold and enforce such interest in accordance with the purpose of the original conveyance of the easement.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1287472,"text":"Whenever any holder as defined in this chapter, or the successors or assigns thereof, shall cease to exist, any conservation easement and any right of enforcement held by it shall vest in the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, unless the instrument creating the easement otherwise provides for its transfer to some other holder or public body. 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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. 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In an easement vested in the Virginia Outdoors\nFoundation by operation of the preceding sentence, the Foundation may retain it\nor thereafter convey it to any other public body or any holder the Foundation\ndeems most appropriate to hold and enforce such interest in accordance with the\npurpose of the original conveyance of the easement.\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"}}