                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 CONSENT REQUIRED BEFORE WORKING MINE NEAR LAND OF ANOTHER (§ 45.2-600)

No owner or tenant of any land containing coal within the Commonwealth 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, reversion, or remainder, or of the guardian of any
such person if the person is under a disability. Any person who violates this
section shall forfeit $500 to any person injured by such activity and to anyone
whose consent is required but not obtained.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 45-91; 1966, c. 594, § 45.1-102; 1978, c. 118; 1994, c.
28, § 45.1-161.310; 1997, c. 390; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.