CODE OF VIRGINIA

RIPARIAN PLANTING GROUND ASSIGNMENTS; ELIGIBILITY; FEE (§ 28.2-600)

Any owner of land bordering on a body of water in the oyster-growing area of
this Commonwealth whose shore front measures at least 205 feet at the low-water
mark, who has not had as much as one-half acre of ground already assigned him on
the front, or whose lease has terminated and is not to be renewed, may apply for
planting grounds to the Commissioner. The Commissioner shall assign to him such
ground wherever the owner may designate within his riparian waters, provided the
ground does not encroach into an existing oyster-planting ground lease assigned
under Article 2 (§ 28.2-603 et seq.) of this chapter.  The fee for such
assignment shall be $ 1.50. Such ground shall not exceed one-half acre, and
shall not be less than 105 feet wide along the shore, beginning at low-water
mark, extending out not more than 210 feet, or to the middle of the channel or
body of water, whichever is the shorter distance. The grounds shall be surveyed,
plotted, marked, assigned, and recorded as provided for assignments to persons
in Article 2 (§ 28.2-603 et seq.) of this chapter. Any riparian assignment that
was duly recorded in the clerk’s office of the county or city where the
grounds are located, or at the Commission office prior to July 1, 1986, shall
continue in effect.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 28-39, 28-123; 1950, p. 987; 1952, c. 649; 1956, c.
586; 1958, c. 184; 1960, c. 517; 1962, c. 406, §§ 28.1-44, 28.1-108; 1964, c.
393; 1968, c. 747; 1972, c. 644; 1976, c. 256; 1978, c. 548; 1984, cc. 100, 244,
259; 1986, cc. 168, 184; 1992, c. 836.