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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1984, chapter 726; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1370307,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345309,"identifier":"1-609","token":"1\/6\/1-609","url":"\/1-609\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/1-609\/","token":"1\/6\/1-609","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of system not compulsory","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 1-609","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

For purposes of describing the location of any survey station or land boundary corner in the Commonwealth, it shall be considered a complete, legal, and satisfactory description of such location to give the position of such survey station or land boundary corner on the system of plane coordinates defined in this chapter. Nothing contained in this chapter shall require any purchaser or mortgagee to rely on a description any part of which depends exclusively upon either Virginia coordinate system.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUSE OF SYSTEM NOT COMPULSORY (\u00a7 1-609)\n\nFor purposes of describing the location of any survey station or land boundary\ncorner in the Commonwealth, it shall be considered a complete, legal, and\nsatisfactory description of such location to give the position of such survey\nstation or land boundary corner on the system of plane coordinates defined in\nthis chapter. Nothing contained in this chapter shall require any purchaser or\nmortgagee to rely on a description any part of which depends exclusively upon\neither Virginia coordinate system.\n\nHISTORY: 1946, p. 168; Michie Suppl. 1946, \u00a7 2849(8); Code 1950, \u00a7 55-296;\n1984, c. 726; 2019, c. 712.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}