source:
  type: guide
  id: va-m26-7-ch12-t38
  authority: VA Lenders Handbook (VA Pamphlet 26-7), Chapter 12, Topic 38 — High Voltage
    Electric Transmission Lines
  description: VA Lenders Handbook (VA Pamphlet 26-7), Chapter 12, Topic 38 — High
    Voltage Electric Transmission Lines.
  coverage_tier: operative
obligations:
- id: va-m26-7-ch12-t38-full
  canonical_id: va-m26-7-ch12-t38-full
  section: VA Lenders Handbook (VA Pamphlet 26-7), Chapter 12, Topic 38 — High Voltage
    Electric Transmission Lines
  type: do
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - va
  - va-handbook
  - corpus-expansion
  - tier-operative
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: VA Lenders Handbook (VA Pamphlet 26-7), Chapter 12, Topic 38 — High
      Voltage Electric Transmission Lines
    source_class: va-handbook
    source_url: https://www.benefits.va.gov/warms/pam26_7.asp
    snapshot_id: 824171a914866a59
    fetched_at: '2026-05-23T01:53:53Z'
    content_hash: sha256:71efd8bb39bb5596ad194f1b13e6f979cfa1afbf5566e897e26836fc1ab0429e
    paragraph_quote: '38. High Voltage Electric Transmission Lines Change Date March
      28, 2019 • This chapter has been revised in its entirety. a. Residential Structure
      No part of any residential structure may be located within a high voltage electric
      transmission line easement. b. Detached Improvements Any detached improvements
      even partially in a transmission line easement will not receive value for VA
      purposes. c. Distance Requirement If the property is within 100 feet from the
      nearest boundary of a high voltage electric transmission line easement, the
      appraiser must comment in the appraisal. VA Pamphlet 26-7, Revised Chapter 12:
      Minimum Property Requirements 12-47'
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