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| 2002 Legislation Enacted Impacts Title 25: Eminent Domain |
SB 995 Title Status Report to Property Owner Senator William Mims
1. Requires condemning authorities to provide the property owners with a copy of the title status report
prepared in connection with the acquisition of property. This was only required of VDOT in the past.
Condemnor must complete the title examination prior an offer being made to acquire the property.
2. HB 843 Pre-trial Settlement Conference Delegate Thelma Drake
Requires pretrial, non-binding mediation before a neutral third party when requested by either a
condemning authority or the property owner whose property is being acquired by such authority.
3. HB918 Governing Billboard Owners Delegate Morgan Griffith
Recognizes billboard owners in eminent domain proceedings and defines and clarifies terms in
Virginia's Eminent Domain Laws.
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