CHAPTER 412

An Act to amend and reenact § 8-690, as amended, of the Code of Virginia,
relating to the partition of land. 8 474
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Approved April 2, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 8-690, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 8-690. Jurisdiction of partition of land.—Tenants in common, joint
tenants, and coparceners of real property, including mineral rights *
and south of the Clinch River, shall be compellable to make partition; and
a lien creditor or any owner of undivided estate in real estate may also
compel partition for the purpose of subjecting the estate of his debtor
or the rents and profits thereof to the satisfaction of his lien. Any court
having general equity jurisdiction of the county or corporation wherein
the estate, or any part thereof, is, shall have jurisdiction in cases of
partition; and in the exercise of such jurisdiction may take cognizance
of all questions of law affecting the legal title that may arise in any
proceedings, between such tenants in common, joint tenants, coparceners
and lien creditors.

All partitions of mineral rights heretofore had, are hereby validated.