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The work included in this section shall involve the use and application of standards prescribed by local or state authorities. The land surveyor shall pass an examination given by the Board in addition to that required for the licensing of land surveyors as defined in \u00a7 54.1-400. Any land surveyor previously licensed pursuant to subdivision (3) (b) of former \u00a7 54-17.1 may continue to do the work herein described without further examination.\n\t\tExcept as provided, nothing contained herein or in the definition of &#8220;practice of land surveying&#8221; in \u00a7 54.1-400 shall be construed to include engineering design and the preparation of plans and specifications for construction.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":229023,"text":"In addition to the work defined in \u00a7 54.1-400, a land surveyor may, for subdivisions, site plans and plans of development only, prepare plats, plans and profiles for roads, storm drainage systems, sanitary sewer extensions, and water line extensions, and may perform other engineering incidental to such work, but excluding the design of pressure hydraulic, structural, mechanical, and electrical systems. The work included in this section shall involve the use and application of standards prescribed by local or state authorities. The land surveyor shall pass an examination given by the Board in addition to that required for the licensing of land surveyors as defined in \u00a7 54.1-400. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 671 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. Unfortunately, the 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1974, chapter 534; in 1980, chapter 757; in 1982, chapter 590; in 1984, chapter 437; in 1988, chapter 765.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62496,"section_number":"15.2-2263","catch_line":"Expedited land development review procedure","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2263\/"},{"id":57662,"section_number":"15.2-851","catch_line":"Expedited land development review procedure","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-851\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":76379,"section_number":"54.1-400","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-400\/"}],"permalink":{"id":240609,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62825,"identifier":"54.1-408","token":"54.1\/II\/4\/1\/54.1-408","url":"\/54.1-408\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-408\/","token":"54.1\/II\/4\/1\/54.1-408","dublin_core":{"Title":"Practice of land surveying; subdivisions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-408","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In addition to the work defined in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/54.1-400\/\">54.1-400<\/a>, a <span class=\"dictionary\">land surveyor<\/span> may, for subdivisions, site plans and plans of development only, prepare plats, plans and profiles for roads, storm drainage systems, sanitary sewer extensions, and water line extensions, and may perform other engineering incidental to such work, but excluding the design of pressure hydraulic, structural, mechanical, and electrical systems. 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The work included in this section shall involve the use and\napplication of standards prescribed by local or state authorities. The land\nsurveyor shall pass an examination given by the Board in addition to that\nrequired for the licensing of land surveyors as defined in \u00a7 54.1-400. Any land\nsurveyor previously licensed pursuant to subdivision (3) (b) of former \u00a7\n54-17.1 may continue to do the work herein described without further\nexamination.\n\t\tExcept as provided, nothing contained herein or in the definition of\n&#8220;practice of land surveying&#8221; in \u00a7 54.1-400 shall be construed to\ninclude engineering design and the preparation of plans and specifications for\nconstruction.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 671, \u00a7 54-17.1; 1974, c. 534; 1980, c. 757; 1982, c. 590;\n1984, c. 437; 1988, c. 765.","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}}