15.2-1906 - Condemnation of existing water or sewage disposal systems.
§ 15.2-1906. Condemnation of existing water or sewage disposal systems.
Condemnation of existing water or sewage disposal systems shall be governedby the provisions of Chapter 19.1 (§ 15.2-1908 et seq.) of this title so faras applicable. The provisions of § 25.1-102 shall not apply in the case ofcondemnation of an existing water or sewage disposal system in its entirety.The circuit court for the city or county wherein the property proposed to becondemned, or any part thereof, is located, shall have jurisdiction of thecondemnation proceedings. It shall not be necessary to file with the petitionfor the condemnation of an existing water or sewage system, in its entirety,a minute inventory and description of the property sought to be condemned,provided the property is described therein generally and with reasonableparticularity and in such manner as to disclose the intention of thepetitioner that such existing water or sewage system be condemned in itsentirety. The court having jurisdiction of the condemnation proceedingsshall, as the occasion arises and prior to the filing of the report of thecommissioners appointed to determine a just compensation for the propertysought to be condemned in its entirety, take such steps as may be necessaryand proper to cause to be included in an inventory of the property sought tobe condemned full descriptions of any and all such property whenever theexigencies of the case or the ends of justice will be promoted thereby. Suchinventory shall be made a part of the record in the proceedings and referredto the commissioners.
(Code 1950, § 15-754; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-340; 1997, c. 587; 2003, c. 940.)