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This law was first created in 2014. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 805<\/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":[{"id":359750,"section_number":"33.2-1010","catch_line":"Use and disposition of residue parcels of land","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1010\/"},{"id":360442,"section_number":"33.2-719","catch_line":" Abandonment of certain highways and railway crossings","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-719\/"},{"id":360478,"section_number":"33.2-926","catch_line":"Chapter 20 of Title 15.2 not affected","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-926\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1433339,"object_type":"law","relational_id":360452,"identifier":"33.2-900","token":"33.2\/II\/9\/1\/33.2-900","url":"\/33.2-900\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-900\/","token":"33.2\/II\/9\/1\/33.2-900","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-900","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:<\/p>

“Abandonment<\/span>” means that the public’s right to use a public highway<\/span>, public landing, or public crossing has been extinguished.<\/p>

“Discontinuance<\/span>” means that the Board<\/span> has determined that a highway<\/span>, landing, or crossing no longer serves the public convenience warranting its maintenance<\/span> at public expense; it divests the Department<\/span> from maintenance<\/span> responsibilities. Discontinuance<\/span> does not render a highway<\/span>, landing, or crossing unavailable for public use.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 33.2-900)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\n“Abandonment” means that the public’s right to use a public\nhighway, public landing, or public crossing has been extinguished.\n\n“Discontinuance” means that the Board has determined that a highway,\nlanding, or crossing no longer serves the public convenience warranting its\nmaintenance at public expense; it divests the Department from maintenance\nresponsibilities. Discontinuance does not render a highway, landing, or crossing\nunavailable for public use.\n\nHISTORY: 2014, c. 805.","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"}}