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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1962, chapter 623; in 1966, chapter 190; in 1986, chapter 96; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2020, chapters 962<\/a> and 963<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":347641,"section_number":"15.2-2012","catch_line":"Fee for processing application","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2012\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":347626,"section_number":"15.2-2000","catch_line":"State highway systems excepted; town streets","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2000\/"},{"id":347636,"section_number":"15.2-2009.1","catch_line":"Dangerous roadside vegetation","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2009.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1381247,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347640,"identifier":"15.2-2011","token":"15.2\/II\/20\/3\/15.2-2011","url":"\/15.2-2011\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2011\/","token":"15.2\/II\/20\/3\/15.2-2011","dublin_core":{"Title":"Localities may permit existing encroachments","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2011","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A of \u00a7 15.2-2000<\/a>, localities may authorize owners of property with roadside vegetation described in \u00a7 15.2-2009.1<\/a> or buildings or structures encroaching under, upon and over any public rights-of-way therein, within such limitations as the localities may prescribe, to maintain such vegetation or encroachments as they exist, until such vegetation, buildings, or structures are destroyed or removed; however, nothing contained in this section shall be construed to relieve the owners of negligence<\/span> on their part on account of any such vegetation or encroachment.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOCALITIES MAY PERMIT EXISTING ENCROACHMENTS (\u00a7 15.2-2011)\n\nNotwithstanding the provisions of subsection A of \u00a7 15.2-2000, localities may\nauthorize owners of property with roadside vegetation described in \u00a7\n15.2-2009.1 or buildings or structures encroaching under, upon and over any\npublic rights-of-way therein, within such limitations as the localities may\nprescribe, to maintain such vegetation or encroachments as they exist, until\nsuch vegetation, buildings, or structures are destroyed or removed; however,\nnothing contained in this section shall be construed to relieve the owners of\nnegligence on their part on account of any such vegetation or encroachment.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-776; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-377; 1966, c. 190; 1986, c.\n96; 1997, c. 587; 2020, cc. 962, 963.","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"}}