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Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-179 (2026)

Motion for judgment to establish boundary lines

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Any person having a subsisting interest in real estate and a right to its possession, or to the possession of some share, interest or portion thereof, may file a motion for judgment to ascertain and designate the true boundary line or lines to such real estate as to one or more of the coterminous landowners. Plaintiff in stating his interest shall conform to the requirements of § 8.01-137, and shall describe with reasonable certainty such real estate and the boundary line or lines thereof which he seeks to establish.

Code 1950, § 8-836; 1954, c. 606; 1977, c. 617.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1981–2025 · leading case: Davis v. Mullins, 466 S.E.2d 90 (Va. 1996).
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Davis v. Mullins, 466 S.E.2d 90 (Va. 1996). · cites it 2× “On April 29, 1969, the Mullins filed a motion for judgment pursuant to Code § 8-836 (now Code § 8.01-179) to establish the boundary line between their land and the adjoining land owned by Faye Davis.”
Bulifant v. Slosjarik, 277 S.E.2d 151 (Va. 1981). · cites it 4× “Pursuant to Code § 8-836 (now Code § 8.01-179), the plaintiffs, Katherine Ritter Slosjarik and Steve Slosjarik, filed a motion for *985 judgment for the establishment of the boundary line between their property and the adjoining land of the defendant, Robert L.”
Knewstep v. Jackson, 523 S.E.2d 505 (Va. 2000). · cites it 2× “1 This action at law was filed under the provisions of Code § 8.01-179. Yet the clerk docketed it as a chancery suit.”
Alford v. Alford, 372 S.E.2d 389 (Va. 1988). · cites it 2× “Alford pursuant to Code § 8.01-179 to determine the boundary between property which Helen and her late husband had previously conveyed to Marvin and Kent and property which had been retained by the grantors.”
Fortune v. Rich, 13 Va. Cir. 59 (1987). · cites it 3× “Fortune filed this action under Virginia Code § 8.01-179 et seq. to establish the true boundary line between their property and the property of Hortense B.”
Southampton Quarry LLC v. Brian T. Ford (Va. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “BACKGROUND1 On February 14, 2022, the Fords filed suit in the circuit court against their adjacent landowner Southampton Quarry, praying for the establishment of a boundary line between the parcels pursuant to Code § 8.01-179 and for the circuit court to recognize and establish…”
Denton v. Abbitt, 66 Va. Cir. 54 (Amherst Cir. Ct. 2004). · cites it 3× “Next, Abbitt has established a right-of-way by prescription from the point where the roadway passes north of the Abbitt garage until it enters the real estate of Abbitt at approximately point H6 on the plat by Thomas C.”
Howard v. Ball (Va. 2015). · cites it 2× “Howard filed an action pursuant to Code § 8.01-179 seeking to establish the boundary lines of the property.”
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