# Va. Code Ann. § 55.1-306: Utility easements

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_VA_T55.1_SI_C3_A1_S55.1-306

## Section

- **Citation:** Va. Code Ann. § 55.1-306
- **Heading:** Utility easements
- **Jurisdiction:** Virginia
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Virginia Code / Title 55.1 / Subtitle I / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 55.1-306

## Text

A. For the purposes of this section, "utility services" means any products, services, and equipment related to energy, broadband and other communications services, water, and sewerage.

B. Where an easement, whether appurtenant or gross, is expressly granted by an instrument recorded on or after July 1, 2006, that imposes on a servient tract of land a covenant (i) to provide an easement in the future for the benefit of utility services; (ii) to relocate, construct, or maintain facilities owned by an entity that provides utility services; or (iii) to pay the cost of such relocation, construction, or maintenance, such covenant shall be deemed for all purposes to touch and concern the servient tract, to run with the servient tract, its successors, and assigns for the benefit of the entity providing utility services, its successors, and assigns.

2006, c. 795 , § 55-50.2; 2019, c. 712 ; 2020, cc. 1131 , 1132 .

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