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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 1962, chapter 623; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":348173,"section_number":"15.2-3100","catch_line":"Commissioners to settle disputed boundary lines","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3100\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1383991,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348174,"identifier":"15.2-3101","token":"15.2\/III\/31\/1\/15.2-3101","url":"\/15.2-3101\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-3101\/","token":"15.2\/III\/31\/1\/15.2-3101","dublin_core":{"Title":"Survey and plats","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-3101","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Commissioners appointed pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-3100<\/a>, before proceeding to ascertain a boundary, shall employ a competent surveyor to run the boundary. The commissioners shall, with the best evidence<\/span> 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<\/span> through or by which it passes as, in the opinion<\/span> of the commissioners, will best designate the line.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSURVEY AND PLATS (\u00a7 15.2-3101)\n\nCommissioners appointed pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-3100, before proceeding to ascertain\na boundary, shall employ a competent surveyor to run the boundary. The\ncommissioners shall, with the best evidence which they can procure, direct the\nsurveyor where to run the line and shall have him mark the boundary. After the\nboundary line has been run and marked, the commissioners shall require the\nsurveyor to make two plats of the courses and distances of the line and to note\nthereon particularly such well-known places or prominent objects through or by\nwhich it passes as, in the opinion of the commissioners, will best designate the\nline.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-39; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-1027; 1997, c. 587.","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"}}