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Va. Code Ann. § 55.1-2700 Who is entitled to drift property
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When any property other than abandoned watercraft has drifted on any of the waters of the Commonwealth and is deposited and left on the lands of any person other than the owner of such property, and there is no indicia of ownership, the owner of such land shall, as against all pe…
Va. Code Ann. § 55.1-2701 Conditions on which owner may remove drift property
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The owner of property described in § 55.1-2700, after he has paid to the owner of the land a just compensation for any proper care, labor, or expense bestowed, done, or incurred by him for such property, may enter upon the land and, doing as little injury as possible, remove the …
Va. Code Ann. § 55.1-2702 When owner of land may sell drift property; owner of property entitled to proceeds after payment of expenses, etc
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If the owner of drift property described in § 55.1-2700 does not, within three months from the time the property was so deposited, remove or demand the property from the owner of the land, the owner of the land may sell the property or otherwise convert it to his own use, provide…
Va. Code Ann. § 55.1-2703 Right of property to be proved
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In any action relating to the ownership of any property described in § 55.1-2700, the person, other than the owner of such land, claiming to be the owner of the property must prove his ownership in order to sustain his claim.