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The State Forester shall submit with the application a copy of a report describing fully the location of the land, its character and suitability for forestry purposes together with a complete metes and bounds description of the boundary of the tract. The Department of General Services shall review the application and recommend either approval or disapproval of the transaction to the Governor. If the Governor determines that the land is more valuable for forestry purposes than for agricultural or any other purposes, he may authorize the preparation of a grant which shall be reviewed for legal sufficiency by the Attorney General for the Governor’s signature and the lesser seal of the Commonwealth.\n\t\tAll lands so granted shall be subject to statutes and regulations relating to the regulation, management, protection and administration of state forests.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":202614,"text":"Any waste and unappropriated land, other than ungranted shores of the sea, marsh or meadowlands exempted from grant by the provisions of \u00a7 41.1-3, may be set apart permanently for use as state forest land, by a grant and proclamation signed by the Governor upon the receipt from the State Forester of an application requesting that a certain piece, tract or parcel of waste and unappropriated land be so set apart. The State Forester shall submit with the application a copy of a report describing fully the location of the land, its character and suitability for forestry purposes together with a complete metes and bounds description of the boundary of the tract. The Department of General Services shall review the application and recommend either approval or disapproval of the transaction to the Governor. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1984, chapter 750; in 1986, chapter 567; in 1988, chapter 891; in 1995, chapter 850<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":55026,"section_number":"41.1-3","catch_line":"Grants of certain lands, etc., to be void; such lands, etc., under control of Governor","order_by":null,"url":"\/41.1-3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":145003,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55256,"identifier":"10.1-1108","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/2\/10.1-1108","url":"\/10.1-1108\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1108\/","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/2\/10.1-1108","dublin_core":{"Title":"Waste and unappropriated lands","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1108","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any waste and unappropriated land, other than ungranted shores of the sea, marsh or meadowlands exempted from grant by the provisions of \u00a7 41.1-3<\/a>, may be set apart permanently for use as state forest land, by a grant and proclamation signed by the Governor upon the receipt from the State Forester of an application requesting that a certain piece, tract or parcel of waste and unappropriated land be so set apart. The State Forester shall submit with the application a copy of a report describing fully the location of the land, its character and suitability for forestry purposes together with a complete metes and bounds description of the boundary of the tract. The Department of General Services shall review the application and recommend either approval or disapproval of the transaction to the Governor. If the Governor determines that the land is more valuable for forestry purposes than for agricultural or any other purposes, he may authorize the preparation of a grant which shall be reviewed for legal sufficiency by the Attorney General<\/span> for the Governor’s signature and the lesser seal of the Commonwealth.\n\t\tAll lands so granted shall be subject to statutes<\/span> and regulations relating to the regulation, management, protection and administration of state forests.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWASTE AND UNAPPROPRIATED LANDS (\u00a7 10.1-1108)\n\nAny waste and unappropriated land, other than ungranted shores of the sea, marsh\nor meadowlands exempted from grant by the provisions of \u00a7 41.1-3, may be set\napart permanently for use as state forest land, by a grant and proclamation\nsigned by the Governor upon the receipt from the State Forester of an\napplication requesting that a certain piece, tract or parcel of waste and\nunappropriated land be so set apart. The State Forester shall submit with the\napplication a copy of a report describing fully the location of the land, its\ncharacter and suitability for forestry purposes together with a complete metes\nand bounds description of the boundary of the tract. The Department of General\nServices shall review the application and recommend either approval or\ndisapproval of the transaction to the Governor. If the Governor determines that\nthe land is more valuable for forestry purposes than for agricultural or any\nother purposes, he may authorize the preparation of a grant which shall be\nreviewed for legal sufficiency by the Attorney General for the Governor’s\nsignature and the lesser seal of the Commonwealth.\n\t\tAll lands so granted shall be subject to statutes and regulations relating to\nthe regulation, management, protection and administration of state forests.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 10-34.2; 1950, p. 225; 1984, c. 750; 1986, c. 567; 1988,\nc. 891; 1995, c. 850.","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}}