28.2-614 - Requiring lessee or transferor to have ground surveyed and plat recorded; canceling lease for failure of lessee to have survey. - Virginia Statutes

§ 28.2-614. Requiring lessee or transferor to have ground surveyed and platrecorded; canceling lease for failure of lessee to have survey.

If the Commissioner determines that in any past assignment of or in anyattempt to transfer oyster ground, a survey, or a recorded plat, does notaccurately describe the metes and bounds of the leased ground, theCommissioner shall require the lessee, the transferor, or both to have theground surveyed and the plat recorded.

If the lessee fails to order the survey or resurvey within six months afterdate of notification to the lessee or transferor, by certified mail, theCommissioner shall cancel the lease and may accept applications for thisground from the general public.

(Code 1950, § 28-124; 1954, c. 352; 1958, c. 183; 1960, c. 517; 1962, c. 406,§ 28.1-109(12b); 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.)