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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

>  Rob - 36 acres waiting in southside, Virginia. (what is this 36 acre
> > thing?)
>
> Good karma, I hope.

I wish you much good karma. The 36 acres size is most likely a 40 (a 
quarter-quarter section) minus road dedication to county or right of way to 
neighbors.

In some states, subdivision laws allow four-parcel splits without the need 
for bureaucratic paperwork. So four 40s are split from a quarter section. 
But the divider must dedicate for roads.