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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>356242</law_id><section_number>25.1-303</section_number><catch_line>Effort to acquire property by purchase</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="66" identifier="25.1">Eminent Domain</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="3">Transferring Defeasible Title by Certificate</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>An <span class="dictionary">authorized condemnor</span> shall comply with the applicable provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Effort to purchase required; prerequisite to effort to purchase or filing certificate" href="/25.1-204/">25.1-204</a> and subdivision A 1 of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="General provisions for conduct of acquisition" href="/25.1-417/">25.1-417</a> before exercising its authority to acquire <span class="dictionary">property</span> by condemnation under the procedure set forth in this chapter.</p></section></text><history>2003, c. 940.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
