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This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 1018<\/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":360687,"section_number":"36-3","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-3\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1435807,"object_type":"law","relational_id":360633,"identifier":"36-152","token":"36\/10\/36-152","url":"\/36-152\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/36-152\/","token":"36\/10\/36-152","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 36-152","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>

“Board<\/span>” means the Board<\/span> of Housing and Community Development.<\/p>

“Department<\/span>” means the Department<\/span> of Housing and Community Development.<\/p>

“Derelict structures<\/span>” means residential, commercial or industrial structures which are no longer being used for a place of habitation, business or industry and which are in such poor condition as to cause a blight upon the neighborhood in which any such structure is located.<\/p>

“Fund<\/span>” means the Virginia Removal or Rehabilitation of Derelict Structures<\/span> Fund<\/span> created by this chapter.<\/p>

“Local government<\/span>” or “locality<\/span>” means any county, city or town in the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 36-152)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\n“Board” means the Board of Housing and Community Development.\n\n“Department” means the Department of Housing and Community\nDevelopment.\n\n“Derelict structures” means residential, commercial or industrial\nstructures which are no longer being used for a place of habitation, business or\nindustry and which are in such poor condition as to cause a blight upon the\nneighborhood in which any such structure is located.\n\n“Fund” means the Virginia Removal or Rehabilitation of Derelict\nStructures Fund created by this chapter.\n\n“Local government” or “locality” means any county, city\nor town in the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, c. 1018.","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"}}