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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>369787</law_id><section_number>55.1-2703</section_number><catch_line>Right of property to be proved</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="120" identifier="55.1">Property and Conveyances</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="V">Miscellaneous</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="4" identifier="27">Drift Property</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In any action relating to the ownership of any property described in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Who is entitled to drift property" href="/55.1-2700/">55.1-2700</a>, the person, other than the owner of such land, claiming to be the owner of the property must prove his ownership in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to <span class="dictionary">sustain</span> his claim.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 3572; Code 1950, &#xA7; 55-210; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
