{"data":{"id":"us-va/24vac30-540-30","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"24VAC30-540-30","heading":"Land assembled with adjacent properties","body":"A. Certain surplus land is unsuitable for independent development and therefore is only usable for assemblage with adjacent property.\n\nB. Whenever VDOT conveys land or an interest in land to owners of record of adjoining land, one of the following actions is required to verify and confirm adjacent ownership:\n\nSTEP\n\nACTION\n\n1\n\nOwners of record must furnish the Right of Way and Utilities  Division with an affidavit signed by one or more of the owners. This  affidavit must certify the exact manner and names in which title to adjoining  land stands in the local courthouse records.\n\n2\n\nCertification of title from the adjacent landowner's  attorney may be required by the Chief Engineer or Director of Right of Way  and Utilities if: substantial road frontage is involved and liens or deeds of  trust exist on the adjacent property.\n\nUpon satisfying the above, the Commissioner of Highways will execute the deeds in accordance with §§  33.2-907, 33.2-913, and  33.2-1010 of the Code of Virginia.","path":["Title 24. Transportation And Motor Vehicles","Agency 30. Department of Transportation","Chapter 540. Conveyance of Land and Disposal of Improvements"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title24/agency30/chapter540/section30/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:54:30Z","sha256":"27946dfedb094eeebd6f30b8e2fb68f777cfeb1a0f1eaca6609c07cecfdfc720","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/24vac30-540-20","next":"us-va/24vac30-540-40"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}