The governing body of any county that has chosen or hereafter chooses not to be included in the provisions of Article 3 (§ 33.2-324 et seq.) of Chapter 3, whenever it deems that any part of a highway subject to its jurisdiction is no longer required or an existing crossing by any such highway of the lines of a railway company, or any existing crossing by the lines of a railway company of such highway, is no longer necessary as a part of such highway system, may abandon the section of highway or the crossing.
The procedure for any such abandonment shall be governed by the provisions applicable to the Board as provided in Articles 1, 2, and 3 (§§ 33.2-900 through 33.2-926) of Chapter 9 and all provisions applicable to the Board shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the governing body of the county.
Code 1950, § 33-155.1; 1970, c. 322, § 33.1-243; 2014, c. 805.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 33.2 - Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems
Chapter 7 - Local Authority over Highways
§ 33.2-700. Transfer of highways, etc., from secondary state highway system to local authorities
§ 33.2-702. Gifts received by counties for construction, maintenance, etc., of secondary highways
§ 33.2-703. Funds for highways not in secondary state highway system
§ 33.2-704. Agreements between localities for construction and operation of toll facilities
§ 33.2-705. Continuance of powers of county authorities; alternative procedure
§ 33.2-708. Pay to viewers, commissioners, and engineers
§ 33.2-709. Consent of landowners
§ 33.2-710. Proceedings on report; notice to owners
§ 33.2-711. Guardian ad litem for persons under disability
§ 33.2-712. Defense allowed; what board may do
§ 33.2-713. Appointment of commissioners to assess damages
§ 33.2-714. Enhancement in value of residue
§ 33.2-715. Action of commissioners; report
§ 33.2-716. Appeal to circuit court
§ 33.2-717. Who shall pay costs, compensation, and damages
§ 33.2-719. Abandonment of certain highways and railway crossings
§ 33.2-720. Supervisors may issue process
§ 33.2-721. Compensation of clerk of board
§ 33.2-722. Discontinuance of gates on public highways
§ 33.2-723. Assumption of district highway indebtedness by counties