Code of Virginia - Title 25.1 Eminent Domain - Section 25.1-213 Filing an answer and grounds of defense; election of jury

§ 25.1-213. Filing an answer and grounds of defense; election of jury

Within 21 days of the service thereof any such owner who desires to assert any objection or defense to the taking or damaging of his property or to the jurisdiction of the court to hear the case shall file (i) his answer and grounds of defense designating the property in which he claims to be interested, (ii) the grounds of any objection or defense to the taking or damaging of his property or to the jurisdiction of the court to hear the case, and (iii) his election to proceed with the empanelment of a jury for the determination of just compensation.

(Code 1919, § 4365; Code 1950, § 25-10; 1962, c. 426, § 25-46.9; 1975, c. 189; 1991, c. 520; 2000, c. 1029; 2003, c. 940; 2006, c. 586.)

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