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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>345329</law_id><section_number>10.1-1013</section_number><catch_line>Standing</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="38" identifier="10.1">Conservation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Activities Administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="14" identifier="10.1">Virginia Conservation Easement Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>An action affecting a <span class="dictionary">conservation easement</span> may be brought by:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> An owner of an interest in real property burdened by the easement; <a id="paragraph-1287456" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1013/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A <span class="dictionary">holder</span> of the easement; <a id="paragraph-1287457" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1013/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A person having an express third-<span class="dictionary">party</span> right of enforcement; <a id="paragraph-1287458" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1013/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span> of the Commonwealth; <a id="paragraph-1287459" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1013/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> The Virginia Outdoors Foundation; <a id="paragraph-1287460" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1013/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> The Virginia Historic Landmarks Board; <a id="paragraph-1287461" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1013/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="7"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> The local government in which the real property is located; or <a id="paragraph-1287462" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1013/#7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="8"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> Any other governmental agency or person with standing under other <span class="dictionary">statutes</span> or <span class="dictionary">common law</span>. <a id="paragraph-1287463" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1013/#8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1988, cc. 720, 891.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
