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This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 940<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":356249,"section_number":"25.1-310","catch_line":"Proceedings for distribution of funds","order_by":null,"url":"\/25.1-310\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1416831,"object_type":"law","relational_id":356250,"identifier":"25.1-311","token":"25.1\/3\/25.1-311","url":"\/25.1-311\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/25.1-311\/","token":"25.1\/3\/25.1-311","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect of acceptance of payments; evidence as to amount of deposit or certificate","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 25.1-311","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The acceptance of payment as provided in § 25.1-310<\/a> shall not limit the amount to be allowed by the body determining just compensation<\/span> in a condemnation proceeding, nor limit the rights of any party<\/span> or parties to the proceeding to appeal<\/span> from any decision therein. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A party<\/span> to a condemnation proceeding shall not be entitled to introduce evidence<\/span> of any amount deposited with the court<\/span> or represented by a certificate<\/span>, nor of any amount that has been accepted by any party<\/span> entitled thereto pursuant to § 25.1-310<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT OF ACCEPTANCE OF PAYMENTS; EVIDENCE AS TO AMOUNT OF DEPOSIT OR\nCERTIFICATE (\u00a7 25.1-311)\n\nA. The acceptance of payment as provided in § 25.1-310 shall not limit the\namount to be allowed by the body determining just compensation in a condemnation\nproceeding, nor limit the rights of any party or parties to the proceeding to\nappeal from any decision therein.\n\nB. A party to a condemnation proceeding shall not be entitled to introduce\nevidence of any amount deposited with the court or represented by a certificate,\nnor of any amount that has been accepted by any party entitled thereto pursuant\nto § 25.1-310.\n\nHISTORY: 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"}}