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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>356265</law_id><section_number>25.1-406</section_number><catch_line>Moving and related expenses</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>25.1-400</reference><reference>25.1-407</reference><reference>25.1-408</reference><reference>25.1-415</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="66" identifier="25.1">Eminent Domain</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="4">Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Relocation Assistance</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Whenever the acquisition of real <span class="dictionary">property</span> for a program or project undertaken by a <span class="dictionary">state agency</span> will result in the displacement of any <span class="dictionary">person</span>, the <span class="dictionary">state agency</span> shall make fair and reasonable relocation payments to the displaced <span class="dictionary">person</span> for:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Actual reasonable expenses in moving himself, his family, <span class="dictionary">business</span>, <span class="dictionary">farm operation</span>, or other personal <span class="dictionary">property</span>; <a id="paragraph-1326662" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/25.1-406/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Actual direct losses of tangible personal <span class="dictionary">property</span> as a result of moving or discontinuing a <span class="dictionary">business</span> or <span class="dictionary">farm operation</span>, which payments shall not exceed an amount equal to the reasonable expenses that would have been required to relocate such <span class="dictionary">property</span>, as determined by the <span class="dictionary">state agency</span>; <a id="paragraph-1326663" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/25.1-406/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Actual reasonable expenses in searching for a replacement <span class="dictionary">business</span> or farm; and <a id="paragraph-1326664" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/25.1-406/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Actual reasonable expenses necessarily incurred in reestablishing a displaced farm, <span class="dictionary">nonprofit organization</span> or small <span class="dictionary">business</span> at its new site, in accordance with criteria established by the <span class="dictionary">state agency</span> but not to exceed $25,000. <a id="paragraph-1326665" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/25.1-406/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 33-75.04, 33.1-132.4; 1970, c. 40, &#xA7; 25-239; 1972, c. 738; 1989, c. 714; 2000, c. 851; 2003, c. 940.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Fernandez v. Commissioner of Highways (ORDER)</name><case_number>191056</case_number><citation></citation><date>2020-05-28</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4756759/fernandez-v-commissioner-of-highways-order/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. VIRGINIA: .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="1"><name>Pitt v. City of Portsmouth</name><case_number>No. CIV.A. 2:02CV489</case_number><citation>221 F.R.D. 438</citation><date>2004-01-20</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8754878/pitt-v-city-of-portsmouth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
