Rights of Owners of Land Adjacent to Coal Mines

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This is Article 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Rights of Owners of Land Adjacent to Coal Mines.” It is part of Chapter 6 “Coal Mining Property, Interests, Adjacent Owners, and Dams”, which is part of Part A “Coal Mines Generally”, which is part of Subtitle II “Coal Mining”, which is part of Title 45.2 “Mines, Minerals, and Energy”. It contains 2 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 2 sections.

§ 45.2-600 Consent required before working mine near land of another
§ 45.2-601 Adjacent owner to be permitted to survey mine; proceedings to compel entry for survey