CODE OF VIRGINIA

STATEMENT OF CONSENT TO SUBDIVISION; EXECUTION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND RECORDATION;
NOTICE TO COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUE OR BOARD OF REAL ESTATE ASSESSORS (§
15.2-2264)

Every plat, or deed of dedication to which the plat is attached, shall contain
in addition to the professional engineer’s or land surveyor’s
certificate a statement as follows: “The platting or dedication of the
following described land (here insert a correct description of the land
subdivided) is with the free consent and in accordance with the desire of the
undersigned owners, proprietors, and trustees, if any.” The statement
shall be signed and duly acknowledged before an officer authorized to take
acknowledgment of deeds. When thus executed and acknowledged, the plat, subject
to the provisions herein, shall be filed and recorded in the office of the clerk
of the circuit court for the lands contained in the plat, and indexed in the
general index to deeds under the names of the owners of lands signing the
statement, and under the name of the subdivision. Owners shall notify the
appropriate commissioner of the revenue of improvements to real property
situated in platted subdivisions.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 15-791, 15-967.12; 1954, c. 421; 1962, c. 407, §
15.1-477; 1992, c. 581; 1997, c. 587.