Maps to be filed; evidential value

Va. Code Ann. § 28.2-562, under Chapter 5. Oysters and Clams..

Va. Code Ann. § 28.2-562

All maps of the bays, rivers, and creeks of this Commonwealth made by the Commission showing the location of oyster-planting grounds shall be filed in the office of the Commission.

Any such map and the areas of the individual assignments of platted oyster-planting grounds shall be evidence in all the courts of this Commonwealth of all the oyster-planting grounds leased by the Commonwealth to private individuals at the time the survey and map were made.