28.2-607 - Survey and marking of ground. - Virginia Statutes

§ 28.2-607. Survey and marking of ground.

If a protest is not filed in the Commission office within sixty days afterposting of the notice of application, the Commissioner shall select asurveyor to survey the grounds and make a plat in duplicate. The surveyorshall forward the plat of survey to the Commissioner. If no protest to theapplication or surveying of ground is made within thirty days after the platof survey is recorded in the Commissioner's office, the ground applied forshall be assigned provided that:

1. The application and assignment complies with all applicable provisions oflaw and, in the judgment of the Commissioner, the assignment is in the publicinterest.

2. All fees, costs, and the annual rent have been paid for the lease of theground. The ground shall be marked at the expense of the applicant.

The grounds shall be marked in accordance with Commission regulations formarking oyster grounds.

(Code 1950, § 28-124; 1954, c. 352; 1958, c. 183; 1960, c. 517; 1962, c. 406,§ 28.1-109(6); 1964, c. 393; 1966, c. 684; 1970, c. 726; 1972, c. 644; 1973,c. 14; 1978, cc. 546, 548; 1980, cc. 34, 609; 1984, c. 259; 1992, c. 836.)