Virginia still uses metes and bounds and that is how my land is described in
my deed.

Mary



On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Joy Fisher <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello:
>
> I have collected some of the old surveys for lands in Virginia. They were
> done in the 1700's using metes and bounds. "N30W 100 poles to a white oak
> sapling, etc."
>
> What system does VA now use as a legal land description? Has VA adopted a
> rectangular survey system of some type?
>
>
>
>
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