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This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 323 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. Unfortunately, the 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1471933,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369320,"identifier":"55.1-137","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/4\/55.1-137","url":"\/55.1-137\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-137\/","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/4\/55.1-137","dublin_core":{"Title":"Creation of solar easements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-137","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any easement obtained for the purpose of exposure of solar energy equipment, facilities, or devices shall be created in writing and shall be subject to the same conveyancing and instrument recording requirements as other easements.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCREATION OF SOLAR EASEMENTS (\u00a7 55.1-137)\n\nAny easement obtained for the purpose of exposure of solar energy equipment,\nfacilities, or devices shall be created in writing and shall be subject to the\nsame conveyancing and instrument recording requirements as other easements.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 323, \u00a7 55-353; 2019, c. 712.","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"}}