{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-33.2-919","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 33.2-919","heading":"Action of governing body","body":"If a petition for a public hearing is not filed as provided in § 33.2-918, or if after a public hearing is held the governing body is satisfied that no public necessity exists for the continuance of the section of road as a public road or the railroad crossing as a public railroad crossing or that the welfare of the public would be served best by abandoning the section of road or the railroad crossing as a public road or public railroad crossing, the governing body shall (i) within four months of the 30-day period during which notice was posted where no petition for a public hearing was filed or (ii) within four months after the public hearing adopt an ordinance or resolution abandoning the section of road as a public road or the railroad crossing as a public railroad crossing, and with that ordinance or resolution the section of road shall cease to be a public road. If the governing body is not so satisfied, it shall dismiss the application within the applicable four months provided in this section.Code 1950, § 33-76.18; 1950, p. 735; 1970, c. 322, § 33.1-161; 1978, c. 187; 2014, c. 805.","path":["Title 33.2. HIGHWAYS AND OTHER SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS","Subtitle II. MODES OF TRANSPORTATION: HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, FERRIES, RAIL, AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION","Chapter 9. ABANDONMENT AND DISCONTINUANCE OF HIGHWAYS AND ROADS","Article 3. ABANDONMENT OF ROADS NOT IN PRIMARY OR SECONDARY STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/33.2-919/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:15:39Z","sha256":"e3632d9f951222046f64f62fa83c93d7adfd4950844da86f14a88d5a6fc8c75e","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-33.2-918","next":"us-va/va.-code-33.2-920"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}