Virginia § 28.2-562 - Maps to be filed; evidential value
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 28.2-562 — Maps to be filed; evidential value, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 28.2-562. Maps to be filed; evidential value
All maps of the bays, rivers, and creeks of this Commonwealth made by the Commission showing the location of oyster-planting grounds shall be filed in the office of the Commission.
Any such map and the areas of the individual assignments of platted oyster-planting grounds shall be evidence in all the courts of this Commonwealth of all the oyster-planting grounds leased by the Commonwealth to private individuals at the time the survey and map were made.
Code 1950, § 28-122; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-107; 1984, c. 4; 1992, c. 836.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 28.2-562 ("Maps to be filed; evidential value") 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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