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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":1471937,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369321,"identifier":"55.1-138","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/4\/55.1-138","url":"\/55.1-138\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-138\/","token":"55.1\/I\/1\/4\/55.1-138","dublin_core":{"Title":"Contents of solar easement agreements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-138","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any instrument creating a solar easement shall include, at a minimum:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The vertical and horizontal angles, expressed in degrees, at which the solar easement extends over the real property subject to the solar easement; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Any terms or conditions under which the solar easement is granted or will be terminated; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Any provisions for compensation of the owner of the property subject to the solar easement. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONTENTS OF SOLAR EASEMENT AGREEMENTS (\u00a7 55.1-138)\n\nAny instrument creating a solar easement shall include, at a minimum:\n\n1. The vertical and horizontal angles, expressed in degrees, at which the solar\neasement extends over the real property subject to the solar easement;\n\n2. Any terms or conditions under which the solar easement is granted or will be\nterminated; and\n\n3. Any provisions for compensation of the owner of the property subject to the\nsolar easement.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 323, \u00a7 55-354; 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"}}