Virginia — Title 56 · Chapter 1

• § 56-1 — Definitions
• § 56-1.1 — Designation as public service corporation
• § 56-1.2 — Persons, localities, and school boards not designated as public utility, public service corporation, etc
• § 56-1.2:1 — Retail sale of electricity in connection with the provision of electric vehicle charging service
• § 56-1.3 — Regulation of Voice-over-Internet protocol service
• § 56-2 — Public service corporations, etc., governed by provisions of this title
• § 56-3 — Expenses prior to organization
• § 56-5 — Triple damages for injury to property of public service corporation
• § 56-6 — Remedies of persons aggrieved by public service corporation's violation of law
• § 56-7 — Common law, etc., remedies not altered or abridged
• § 56-8 — Repeal of charter
• § 56-8.1 — Free services to members of General Assembly and others prohibited
• § 56-8.2 — Appeals in rate cases
• § 56-9 — Sale of public service corporation under deed of trust; how purchaser may form new corporation
• § 56-10 — Effect of such sale; date for meeting of stockholders
• § 56-11 — Debts and claims against corporation so sold
• § 56-12 — Works and property sold under court decree subject to provisions of three preceding sections
• § 56-13 — Effect of dissolution of public service corporation
• § 56-14 — Streets, etc., of city or town not to be occupied without its consent; compensation
• § 56-15 — Permits to place poles, wires, etc., in roads and streets in certain counties; charge therefor
• § 56-16 — Wagonways to be constructed across roads, railroads, canals, and other works; enforcement
• § 56-16.1 — Telephone, telegraph or electric power lines crossing railroads
• § 56-16.2 — Public utility lines crossing railroads
• § 56-16.3 — Fiber optic broadband lines crossing railroads
• § 56-17 — Right of one public service corporation to cross the works of another; cost
• § 56-18 — Submission of plans for such crossing
• § 56-19 — Contest by company whose works are crossed
• § 56-20 — Payment for damage occasioned by crossing works of public service corporations
• § 56-21 — When work on crossing works of public service corporation to proceed; no injunction to be awarded
• § 56-22 — Change of course of railroad, etc., to avoid crossings
• § 56-23 — Crossing of highway by public service corporation
• § 56-24 — Effect of crossing on highway
• § 56-25 — Manner of construction of crossing
• § 56-26 — Cost of crossing
• § 56-27 — Applications required for crossings
• § 56-28 — Contest by county or Commissioner of Highways
• § 56-29 — Change of course of highway to avoid crossings
• § 56-30 — Payment of damages occasioned by crossing highway
• § 56-31 — When work of crossing highway to proceed
• § 56-32 — Limitation on crossing rights if altering, closing or obstructing highway or stream involved
• § 56-33 — Duty of corporation whose wires cross other works
• § 56-34 — General Assembly may require connections between public service corporations
• § 56-35 — Regulation of public service companies
• § 56-36 — Inspection of books and documents; special reports; rules and regulations to prevent unjust discrimination
• § 56-37 — Regulation of services performed under municipal or county franchise
• § 56-38 — Adjustment of claims and controversies
• § 56-40 — Reduction of rates and charges
• § 56-41.1 — Rates and charges for use of poles by telephone cooperatives, mutual telephone associations and small investor-owned telephone utilities
• § 56-43 — Examination of public service company; notice; fines and penalties
• § 56-46.1 — Commission to consider environmental, economic, and improvements in service reliability factors in approving construction of electrical utility facilities; approval required for construction of certain electrical transmission lines; notice and hearings
• § 56-46.2 — Construction of electrical transmission lines
• § 56-46.3 — Foreign utility companies; penalties