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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84272</law_id><section_number>45.2-1610</section_number><catch_line> Copy of lease to lessor</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="45.2">Mines, Minerals, and Energy</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Gas and Oil</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="16">Virginia Gas and Oil Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person who, as either principal or agent, executes a lease of land or right therein for drilling for <span class="dictionary">gas</span> or <span class="dictionary">oil</span>, or for the development or production of <span class="dictionary">gas</span> or <span class="dictionary">oil</span>, shall furnish a copy of the lease, duly executed by the lessee, to the lessor.</p></section></text><history>1982, c. 347, &#xA7; 45.1-352; 1990, c. 92, &#xA7; 45.1-361.10; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
