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Repairs or maintenance of property; entering adjoining property; petition for entry. Allows an owner of real property who seeks to repair or maintain the exterior of his property to petition the circuit court for a right of entry to an adjoining property for the purpose of performing the repairs or maintenance when the property is so situated that it is impossible to perform the repairs or maintenance without entering such adjoining property and permission to enter such adjoining property has been denied. The bill requires the petition and affidavits to contain specific information including the nature of the repairs and what efforts were made by the owner to obtain permission. The bill also provides that the petitioner shall be required to return the adjoining property to its previous condition and shall be liable to the adjoining owner or his lessee for actual damages occurring as a result of the entry. This bill is identical to HB 803.
Introduced
Dec 23, 2025
Last Action
Mar 10, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
Signed by Speaker
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB77)
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB77ER)
Signed by President
Enrolled
Passed House (74-Y 22-N 0-A)
Read third time
Read second time
Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 4-N)
Placed on Calendar
Read first time
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB77)
Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 5-N 0-A)
Committee substitute printed 26105696D-S1
Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
Read second time
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
Rules suspended
Senate committee offered
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 2-N)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100177D
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Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg