                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LAND SURVEYING (§ 54.1-407)

Notwithstanding the provisions of any regulation promulgated by the Board for
Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers
and Landscape Architects, a land surveyor shall not be required by Board
regulations to set corner monumentation or perform a boundary survey on any
property when (i) corner monumentation has been set or is otherwise required to
be set pursuant to the provisions of a local subdivision ordinance as mandated
by § 15.2-2240 or subdivision 7 of § 15.2-2241, or where the placing of such
monumentation is covered by a surety bond, cash escrow, set-aside letter, letter
of credit, or other performance guaranty, or (ii) the purpose of the survey is
to determine the location of the physical improvements on the said property
only, if the prospective mortgagor or legal agent ordering the survey agrees in
writing that such corner monumentation shall not be provided in connection with
any such physical improvements survey. The provisions of this section shall
apply only to property located within the Counties of Arlington, Fairfax, King
George, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania and Stafford; and the Cities of
Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas and Manassas Park.

HISTORY: 1986, c. 531, § 54-25.1; 1988, cc. 271, 765; 1998, c. 27.