§ 2781. Retention of vacated public road as private road
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 36 P.S. Highways and Bridges
36 P.S. § 2781
§ 2781. Retention of vacated public road as private road
Whenever viewers, appointed by the court of quarter sessions to view and vacate any public road within this Commonwealth, shall find and report that there is no necessity for such public road, but shall recommend in their report that the route thereof, or of any portion thereof, be and remain a private road, upon the approval of their said report and the confirmation thereof by the court and the vacation of said public road, the court shall have power to enter a decree that the route of such abandoned public road, or any portion thereof, so recommended for a private road, shall be and become a private road, of the width of twenty-five feet, for the use and benefit of the owners of lands through or along which it passes, to be maintained and used as private roads are now maintained and used under existing laws.
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1929, April 17, P.L. 530, No. 232, § 1.
36 P.S. § 2781, PA ST 36 P.S. § 2781
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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