Virginia § 10.1-1701 - Authority of public bodies to acquire or designate property for use as open-space land
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 10.1-1701 — Authority of public bodies to acquire or designate property for use as open-space land, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 10.1-1701. Authority of public bodies to acquire or designate property for use as open-space land
To carry out the purposes of this chapter, any public body may (i) acquire by purchase, gift, devise, bequest, grant or otherwise title to or any interests or rights of not less than five years' duration in real property that will provide a means for the preservation or provision of open-space land and (ii) designate any real property in which it has an interest of not less than five years' duration to be retained and used for the preservation and provision of open-space land. Any such interest may also be perpetual.
The use of the real property for open-space land shall conform to the official comprehensive plan for the area in which the property is located. No property or interest therein shall be acquired by eminent domain by any public body for the purposes of this chapter; however, this provision shall not limit the power of eminent domain as it was possessed by any public body prior to the passage of this chapter.
1966, c. 461, § 10-152; 1974, c. 259; 1981, c. 64; 1988, c. 891.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 10.1-1701 ("Authority of public bodies to acquire or designate property for use as open-space land") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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