While convenient, the accuracy of smartphones in determining precise property boundaries is limited: GPS accuracy on phones typically ranges, which may not meet the legal standards required for land surveying. Environmental factors like buildings or natural terrain can obstruct GPS signals, affecting accuracy.
§ 15.2-3106. Whenever any two or more localities wish to relocate or change the boundary line between them, the governing bodies of such localities may, by agreement, establish, relocate or change such boundary line between them. 1977, c. 277, § 15.1-1031.1; 1983, c.
Hire a licensed land surveyor The most accurate way to know where your land begins and ends is to hire a surveyor to determine your property lines. The property surveyor will first check county records to understand the history of the lot.
Virginia Boundary Fence Statute Virginia Code § 55.1-2821 states that adjoining landowners “shall build and maintain division fences between their lands, equally splitting the costs, unless one of them decided to let his land lie open or agree otherwise.”
However, the definitive description of your boundary is on the legal title for your property. There is usually at least one diagram on your title which will have the set measurements of all of your boundaries' locations. On the ground, there should be markers along your boundary.
Online aerial maps (like those available on some council websites) give you a starting point. However, the definitive description of your boundary is on the legal title for your property. There is usually at least one diagram on your title which will have the set measurements of all of your boundaries' locations.