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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>353900</law_id><section_number>21-166</section_number><catch_line>How power of eminent domain exercised</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="58" identifier="21">Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="3">Sanitation Districts Law of 1938 -- Tidal Waters</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="3">Incorporation; Commission</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The powers of condemnation or eminent domain conferred on the commission by this chapter shall be exercised by the board or commission under the same conditions and provisions and in accordance with the same procedure as in the case of the exercise of similar powers by the governing bodies of counties and cities or <span class="dictionary">towns</span> so far as they can be applied to the same.</p></section></text><history>1938, p. 515; 1942, p. 601; Michie Code 1942, &#xA7; 1560kk; 1944, p. 74; 1946, p. 530.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
