§ 12-03. Effect of vacation under section 12-02.

The recordation of the instrument as provided under paragraph (a) of section 12-02 or of the ordinance as provided under paragraph (b) of section 12-02 shall operate to destroy the force and effect of the recording of the plat or part thereof so vacated, and to vest fee simple title to the center line of any streets, alleys, or easements for public passage so vacated in the owners of abutting lots free and clear of any rights of the public or other owners of lots shown on the plat, but subject to the rights of the owners of any public utility installations which have been previously erected therein. If any such street, alley or easement for public passage is located on the periphery of the plat, such title for the entire width thereof shall vest in such abutting lot owners. The fee simple title to any portion of the plat so vacated as was set apart for other public use shall be vested in the owners, proprietors and trustees, if any, who signed the statement required by section 7-02.6 free and clear of any rights of public use in the same.

State Law reference— Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2274.

State law reference

Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2274.