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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 426; in 1977, chapter 394; in 1979, chapter 494; in 2003, chapter 940<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1416651,"object_type":"law","relational_id":356208,"identifier":"25.1-225","token":"25.1\/2\/3\/25.1-225","url":"\/25.1-225\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/25.1-225\/","token":"25.1\/2\/3\/25.1-225","dublin_core":{"Title":"Abandonment of proceedings after entry upon property","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 25.1-225","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If the petitioner<\/span> enters upon the property<\/span> under this section and does any work thereon, or causes any injury or damage to such property<\/span>, it shall not thereafter be entitled, without the consent of the owner<\/span>, to abandon the proceedings for the condemnation thereof, but shall conduct the condemnation proceedings with reasonable dispatch to final judgment<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nABANDONMENT OF PROCEEDINGS AFTER ENTRY UPON PROPERTY (\u00a7 25.1-225)\n\nIf the petitioner enters upon the property under this section and does any work\nthereon, or causes any injury or damage to such property, it shall not\nthereafter be entitled, without the consent of the owner, to abandon the\nproceedings for the condemnation thereof, but shall conduct the condemnation\nproceedings with reasonable dispatch to final judgment.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 4362; 1924, p. 60; Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 25-3, 25-4; 1962, c.\n426, \u00a7 25-46.8; 1977, c. 394; 1979, c. 494; 2003, c. 940.","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"}}