CHAPTER 103

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 58-1048 and 58-1051 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to surveys of land sold under tax sales. CH 162]

Approved February 23, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 58-1048 and 58-1051 of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 58-1048. The purchaser of a part of any tract or lot of land so
sold and not redeemed within such three year period, his heirs or assigns,
shall have the quantity purchased surveyed and laid off, at his expense, by
the surveyor of the county, if it be in a county or town therein; if it be
within the corporate limits of any city, by the surveyor of such city; or
when there is no surveyor of such county or city, then by some person to
be appointed by the circuit court of the county or corporation court of the
city, or judge thereof in vacation, for that purpose. But in the discretion
of the court there need not be an additional survey if a sufficient descrip-
tion of the land can be obtained from the records; which fact, and the
order dispensing therewith shall be entered by such court upon its order

§ 58-1051. When an entire tract of land is sold and not redeemed
within such three year period, the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, at his
expense, shall have a report made to the circuit court of the county or cor-
poration court of the city, by such surveyor or other person as is provided
for in § 58-1048, specifying the metes and bounds of the land sold and the
names of the owners of the adjoining tracts or lots and giving such fur-
ther description of the land sold as will identify the same. The circuit or
corporation court, unless it see some objection to such report, shall order
the same to be recorded. But in the discretion of the court there need not
be an additional survey if a sufficient description of the land can be
obtained from the records; which fact, and the order dispensing therewith
shall be entered by such court upon its order book.