CHAPTER 534

An Act to amend and reenact § 56-259, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to rights of way, etc., and location of easements.

[S 384]
Approved April 4, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 56-259, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 56-259. Rights of way, etc., may be contracted for; location of
easements of public service corporations.—Any corporation of the charac-
ter mentioned in this chapter or in chapter 2 (§ 56-47 et seq.) may contract
with any person or corporation, the owner of lands, or of any interest,
franchise, privilege, or easement therein, over, under, or through which
any pipeline transmitting petroleum products or natural gas, power or
telephone line, sewer or water main or similar works is to be constructed,
for the right of way for such line, sewer, main or works, and for sufficient
land for its necessary offices, plant, or plants, works, stations and struc-
tures. All such contracts shall specify with reasonable particularity and
definiteness the location of such easement of right of way; provided,
however, that this provision shall not apply to contracts between any
such corporation and any political subdivision of this State. ;

The location of any easement of right of way of any public service
corporation shall be as specified in the instrument by which such easement
was conveyed to such public service corporation; provided that, with
respect to all such easements granted after December 31, 1968, if such
location 1s not specified by metes and bounds or by reference to a centerline
or survey line showing courses and distances from some ascertainable
point of beginning, the location of such easement shall be determined by
reference to the facilities constructed thereon, and the centerline of those
facilities shall be the centerline of the easement.