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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 390<\/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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":224609,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66304,"identifier":"45.2-1303","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/13\/2\/45.2-1303","url":"\/45.2-1303\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1303\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/13\/2\/45.2-1303","dublin_core":{"Title":" Consent required before working mine near land of another","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1303","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No owner or tenant of any land within the Commonwealth containing minerals shall open or sink, dig, excavate, or work in any mine on such land within five feet of the line dividing such land from that of another person without the written consent of every person interested in or having title to such adjoining lands or mineral rights in possession<\/span>, reversion, or remainder, or of the guardian of any such person that may be under a disability. Any person violating this section shall forfeit $500 to each person injured by such violation and to each person whose consent was required but not obtained.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n CONSENT REQUIRED BEFORE WORKING MINE NEAR LAND OF ANOTHER (\u00a7 45.2-1303)\n\nNo owner or tenant of any land within the Commonwealth containing minerals shall\nopen or sink, dig, excavate, or work in any mine on such land within five feet\nof the line dividing such land from that of another person without the written\nconsent of every person interested in or having title to such adjoining lands or\nmineral rights in possession, reversion, or remainder, or of the guardian of any\nsuch person that may be under a disability. Any person violating this section\nshall forfeit $500 to each person injured by such violation and to each person\nwhose consent was required but not obtained.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 390, \u00a7 45.1-161.311:1; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","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}}