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Code of Virginia · § 33.2-217 — Prohibition of certain weeds and plants on highway rights-of-way

33.2-217. Prohibition of certain weeds and plants on highway rights-of-way

Neither the Board nor the Commissioner of Highways shall plant or cause or suffer to be planted on the right-of-way of any state highway any invasive plant on the list of invasive plants created pursuant to § 10.1-104.6:2.

Any owner of land adjacent to any state or other public highway right-of-way, or his agents and employees, may dig up, cut down, or otherwise remove and destroy any of such plants or weeds and any other plants or weeds that are or may become noxious or otherwise injurious to his property found growing upon any state or other public highway right-of-way adjacent to his land.

History and annotations

Code 1950, § 33-124; 1970, c. 322, § 33.1-209; 2014, c. 805; 2026, c. 63.

Official source for this version

Source captured 2026-09-25. Open the official source.

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