SB 123 Virginia Senate · 2024 Regular Session

Improvements, repairs, or maintenance of property; entering adjoining property, petition for entry.

Summary
Improvements, repairs, or maintenance of property;entering adjoining property; petition for entry. Allowsan owner or lessee of real property who seeks to improve, repair,or maintain his property to petition the circuit court for a licenseto enter adjoining property for the purpose of performing the improvements,repairs, or maintenance when the property is so situated that itis impossible to perform the improvements, repairs, or maintenancewithout entering such adjoining property and permission to entersuch adjoining property has been denied. The bill provides that suchlicense shall be granted by the court in an appropriate case uponsuch terms as justice requires. No such entry shall be deemed a trespass,and the licensee shall be liable to the adjoining owner or his lesseefor actual damages occurring as a result of the entry.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
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Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 4, 2024 Last action Jan 15, 2024
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Jan 15, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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Jan 10, 2024
Upper · Passed
Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
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Jan 4, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Schuyler VanValkenburg
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