                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REQUIRING LESSEE OR TRANSFEROR TO HAVE GROUND SURVEYED AND PLAT RECORDED;
CANCELING LEASE FOR FAILURE OF LESSEE TO HAVE SURVEY (§ 28.2-614)

If the Commissioner determines that in any past assignment of or in any attempt
to transfer oyster ground, a survey, or a recorded plat, does not accurately
describe the metes and bounds of the leased ground, the Commissioner shall
require the lessee, the transferor, or both to have the ground surveyed and the
plat recorded.
		If the lessee fails to order the survey or resurvey within six months after
date of notification to the lessee or transferor, by certified mail, the
Commissioner shall cancel the lease and may accept applications for this ground
from the general public.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 28-124; 1954, c. 352; 1958, c. 183; 1960, c. 517; 1962,
c. 406, § 28.1-109(12b); 1964, c. 393; 1966, c. 684; 1970, c. 726; 1972, c.
644; 1973, c. 14; 1978, cc. 546, 548; 1980, cc. 34, 609; 1984, c. 259; 1992, c.
836.