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Va. Code Ann. § 45.2-400 Presumption that no coal, minerals, ore, or oil exists in certain lands
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A. Subject to the provisions of subsection B, in any case in which either (i) a claim to coal, minerals, ore, oil, or subsurface substances in, on, or under lands in the Commonwealth or (ii) the right to enter such land for the purpose of exploring, mining, boring, and sinking sh…
Va. Code Ann. § 45.2-401 Actions to extinguish certain claims
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A. The owner or owners of land subject to a claim or right pursuant to § 45.2-400 separately or jointly may bring an action requesting the extinguishment of such claim or right. The person by whom such claim by such writing was derived or reserved, or his successors in title, sha…
Va. Code Ann. § 45.2-402 Presumption regarding use of underground space
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A. Except as otherwise provided in the deed by which the owner of minerals derives title, the owner of minerals shall be presumed to be the owner of the shell, container chamber, passage, or space opened underground for the removal of the minerals, with full right to haul and tra…