                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 FINDINGS; CLARIFICATION OF NATURE OF THE RESOURCE (§ 45.2-2003)

Geothermal resources are found and hereby declared to be sui generis, being
neither mineral resources nor water resources. No mineral estate shall be
construed to include geothermal resources unless such inclusion is explicit in
the terms of the deed or other instrument of conveyance.

HISTORY: 1981, c. 506, § 45.1-179.5; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.