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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1966, chapter 102; in 1976, chapter 211; in 2005, chapter 839<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":75149,"section_number":"1-400","catch_line":"Conditional consent given to acquisition of lands by United States; concurrent jurisdiction ceded","order_by":null,"url":"\/1-400\/"},{"id":69753,"section_number":"1-405","catch_line":"Reversion to Commonwealth; recorded title prerequisite to vesting jurisdiction","order_by":null,"url":"\/1-405\/"}],"permalink":{"id":143185,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66539,"identifier":"1-403","token":"1\/4\/1-403","url":"\/1-403\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/1-403\/","token":"1\/4\/1-403","dublin_core":{"Title":"Conveyances of certain waste and unappropriated lands and marshlands to the United States","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 1-403","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Governor is authorized to execute in the name of the Commonwealth deeds conveying, subject to the jurisdictional and other limitations and reservations contained in §§ 1-400<\/a> and 1-405<\/a>, to the United States such title as the Commonwealth may have in waste and unappropriated lands entirely surrounded by lands owned by the United States, when the same are certified as being vacant and unappropriated by a duly authorized agent of the United States and are described by metes and bounds descriptions filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth and with the clerk of the court<\/span> in the county wherein such unappropriated land is situated. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Governor is authorized to execute, in the name and on behalf of the Commonwealth, a deed or other appropriate instrument conveying to the United States, without any consideration but subject to the jurisdictional limitations and reservations contained in §§ 1-400<\/a> and 1-405<\/a>, such right, title and interest in or easement over and across the marshes lying along the seaside of the Counties of Accomack and Northampton as may be necessary and proper for the construction, operation and maintenance of a canal or channel for small boats over and through such marshlands. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONVEYANCES OF CERTAIN WASTE AND UNAPPROPRIATED LANDS AND MARSHLANDS TO THE\nUNITED STATES (\u00a7 1-403)\n\nA. The Governor is authorized to execute in the name of the Commonwealth deeds\nconveying, subject to the jurisdictional and other limitations and reservations\ncontained in §§ 1-400 and 1-405, to the United States such title as\nthe Commonwealth may have in waste and unappropriated lands entirely surrounded\nby lands owned by the United States, when the same are certified as being vacant\nand unappropriated by a duly authorized agent of the United States and are\ndescribed by metes and bounds descriptions filed with the Secretary of the\nCommonwealth and with the clerk of the court in the county wherein such\nunappropriated land is situated.\n\nB. The Governor is authorized to execute, in the name and on behalf of the\nCommonwealth, a deed or other appropriate instrument conveying to the United\nStates, without any consideration but subject to the jurisdictional limitations\nand reservations contained in §§ 1-400 and 1-405, such right, title\nand interest in or easement over and across the marshes lying along the seaside\nof the Counties of Accomack and Northampton as may be necessary and proper for\nthe construction, operation and maintenance of a canal or channel for small\nboats over and through such marshlands.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 7-23; 1966, c. 102, \u00a7 7.1-20; 1976, c. 211; 2005, c.\n839.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}