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He shall keep an itemized account of all expenses incurred and immediately send the account verified by affidavit to the State Forester.\n\t\tUpon approval by the State Forester the account shall be paid from the Forestry Operations Fund.\n\t\tNo such payment shall be made to any person who has maliciously started the fire or to any person whose negligence caused or contributed to the setting of the fire.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":300757,"text":"When any forest warden sees or receives a report of a forest fire, he shall proceed immediately to the scene of the fire and employ such persons and means as in his judgment are expedient and necessary to extinguish the fire, within the limits of the expense he has been authorized to incur in his instructions from the State Forester. 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It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1964, chapter 79; in 1986, chapters 188 and 567; in 1988, chapter 891.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":145169,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83931,"identifier":"10.1-1137","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/6\/10.1-1137","url":"\/10.1-1137\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1137\/","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/6\/10.1-1137","dublin_core":{"Title":"Duty in case of fires and payment of costs of suppression","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1137","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>When any forest warden sees or receives a report of a forest fire, he shall proceed immediately to the scene of the fire and employ such persons and means as in his <span class=\"dictionary\">judgment<\/span> are expedient and necessary to extinguish the fire, within the limits of the expense he has been authorized to incur in his instructions from the State Forester. 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He shall keep an itemized account of all expenses\nincurred and immediately send the account verified by affidavit to the State\nForester.\n\t\tUpon approval by the State Forester the account shall be paid from the\nForestry Operations Fund.\n\t\tNo such payment shall be made to any person who has maliciously started the\nfire or to any person whose negligence caused or contributed to the setting of\nthe fire.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 10-57; 1964, c. 79; 1986, cc. 188, 567; 1988, c. 891.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}