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This law was first created in 2010. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 256<\/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":false,"permalink":{"id":1476675,"object_type":"law","relational_id":370375,"identifier":"56-412.3","token":"56\/13\/6\/56-412.3","url":"\/56-412.3\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-412.3\/","token":"56\/13\/6\/56-412.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Maintenance of certain roadways by Buchanan County","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-412.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board of Supervisors of Buchanan County is hereby authorized to maintain roadways located within the right-of-way of railroads<\/span> pursuant to an agreement between Buchanan County and the railroad<\/span>. However, nothing in this section shall obligate Buchanan County or the railroad<\/span> to enter into any such agreement, nor shall Buchanan County or the railroad<\/span> be precluded from including in any agreement any term, condition, or other lawful contractual provision. Any agreement made between Buchanan County and a railroad<\/span> shall result in the complete immunity of the railroad<\/span> from suit for any acts of the County in maintaining the roadways within the right-of-way of the railroad<\/span>. The Board of Supervisors of Buchanan County shall cause all such roadways to be appropriately posted to warn users of such roadways that they are present on such roadways at their own risk.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN ROADWAYS BY BUCHANAN COUNTY (\u00a7 56-412.3)\n\nThe Board of Supervisors of Buchanan County is hereby authorized to maintain\nroadways located within the right-of-way of railroads pursuant to an agreement\nbetween Buchanan County and the railroad. However, nothing in this section shall\nobligate Buchanan County or the railroad to enter into any such agreement, nor\nshall Buchanan County or the railroad be precluded from including in any\nagreement any term, condition, or other lawful contractual provision. Any\nagreement made between Buchanan County and a railroad shall result in the\ncomplete immunity of the railroad from suit for any acts of the County in\nmaintaining the roadways within the right-of-way of the railroad. The Board of\nSupervisors of Buchanan County shall cause all such roadways to be appropriately\nposted to warn users of such roadways that they are present on such roadways at\ntheir own risk.\n\nHISTORY: 2010, c. 256.","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"}}