Virginia § 15.2-3101 - Survey and plats
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§ 15.2-3101. Survey and plats
Commissioners appointed pursuant to § 15.2-3100, before proceeding to ascertain a boundary, shall employ a competent surveyor to run the boundary. The commissioners shall, with the best evidence which they can procure, direct the surveyor where to run the line and shall have him mark the boundary. After the boundary line has been run and marked, the commissioners shall require the surveyor to make two plats of the courses and distances of the line and to note thereon particularly such well-known places or prominent objects through or by which it passes as, in the opinion of the commissioners, will best designate the line.
Code 1950, § 15-39; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-1027; 1997, c. 587.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 15.2-3101 ("Survey and plats") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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