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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 850<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":55806,"section_number":"2.2-1136","catch_line":"Review of easements; maintenance of records; notification when lease or other agreement for branch office to terminate; report","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1136\/"},{"id":68138,"section_number":"2.2-1147","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1147\/"},{"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\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":62122,"section_number":"28.2-1300","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-1300\/"},{"id":87241,"section_number":"28.2-1400","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-1400\/"},{"id":86704,"section_number":"28.2-1505","catch_line":"Virginia Coastal Land Management Advisory Council established","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-1505\/"}],"permalink":{"id":192195,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66330,"identifier":"28.2-1500","token":"28.2\/III\/15\/1\/28.2-1500","url":"\/28.2-1500\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-1500\/","token":"28.2\/III\/15\/1\/28.2-1500","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-1500","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Beach” shall have the same meaning ascribed thereto in subsection A of \u00a7 28.2-1400<\/a>.\n\t\t“Initial inventory<\/span>” means a set of maps prepared by, at the direction of, or with the approval of the Commission<\/span> which have been filed prior to January 1, 1995, with the clerk of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> and the commissioner<\/span> of revenue in any county in that portion of the Commonwealth separated from the larger portion of the Commonwealth by the Chesapeake Bay and in which the ungranted shores of the sea<\/span>, marsh and meadowlands mapped therein are located.\n\t\t“Inventory” means a set of maps prepared by, at the direction of, or with the approval of the Commission<\/span>, mapping certain ungranted shores of the sea<\/span>, marsh and meadowlands in any county in that portion of the Commonwealth separated from the larger portion of the Commonwealth by the Chesapeake Bay.\n\t\t“Marsh” or “meadowland” shall have the same meaning ascribed to vegetated wetlands in \u00a7 28.2-1300<\/a>.\n\t\t“Shores of the sea<\/span>” means a beach or any unvegetated lands lying contiguous to mean low water and between mean low water and mean high water.\n\t\t“Ungranted shores of the sea<\/span>, marsh or meadowlands<\/span>” means (i) shores of the sea<\/span> which were not conveyed by special grant or compact according to law<\/span> prior to April 1, 1873, and which have not been conveyed by special grant of the General Assembly on or after that date and (ii) marsh or meadowlands which were not appropriated and remained ungranted prior to February 24, 1888, and which have not been conveyed by special grant of the General Assembly on or after that date.\n\t\t“Virginia Coastal Land Management Advisory Council<\/span>” or “Council” means the Virginia Coastal Land Management Advisory Council<\/span> created pursuant to \u00a7 28.2-1505<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 28.2-1500)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Beach” shall have the same meaning ascribed thereto in subsection\nA of \u00a7 28.2-1400.\n\t\t“Initial inventory” means a set of maps prepared by, at the\ndirection of, or with the approval of the Commission which have been filed prior\nto January 1, 1995, with the clerk of the circuit court and the commissioner of\nrevenue in any county in that portion of the Commonwealth separated from the\nlarger portion of the Commonwealth by the Chesapeake Bay and in which the\nungranted shores of the sea, marsh and meadowlands mapped therein are located.\n\t\t“Inventory” means a set of maps prepared by, at the direction of,\nor with the approval of the Commission, mapping certain ungranted shores of the\nsea, marsh and meadowlands in any county in that portion of the Commonwealth\nseparated from the larger portion of the Commonwealth by the Chesapeake Bay.\n\t\t“Marsh” or “meadowland” shall have the same meaning\nascribed to vegetated wetlands in \u00a7 28.2-1300.\n\t\t“Shores of the sea” means a beach or any unvegetated lands lying\ncontiguous to mean low water and between mean low water and mean high water.\n\t\t“Ungranted shores of the sea, marsh or meadowlands” means (i)\nshores of the sea which were not conveyed by special grant or compact according\nto law prior to April 1, 1873, and which have not been conveyed by special grant\nof the General Assembly on or after that date and (ii) marsh or meadowlands\nwhich were not appropriated and remained ungranted prior to February 24, 1888,\nand which have not been conveyed by special grant of the General Assembly on or\nafter that date.\n\t\t“Virginia Coastal Land Management Advisory Council” or\n“Council” means the Virginia Coastal Land Management Advisory\nCouncil created pursuant to \u00a7 28.2-1505.\n\nHISTORY: 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}}