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Any person desiring to drain his lands through the lands of others may apply to the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of the county or corporation court<\/span> of the city in which the whole or a part of the last mentioned lands lie, for the appointment of commissioners to ascertain and report upon the propriety of granting such application and the damages<\/span> that may be sustained by the party<\/span> or parties through whose lands the drain is proposed to be run. Notice of such application shall be given to the proprietors of the lands through which such drain is to be run in the manner prescribed by Article 2 (\u00a7\u00a7 25.1-205<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 2 of Title 25.1.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRIGHT TO DRAIN LAND THROUGH LANDS OF OTHERS (\u00a7 21-428)\n\nAny person desiring to drain his lands through the lands of others may apply to\nthe circuit court of the county or corporation court of the city in which the\nwhole or a part of the last mentioned lands lie, for the appointment of\ncommissioners to ascertain and report upon the propriety of granting such\napplication and the damages that may be sustained by the party or parties\nthrough whose lands the drain is proposed to be run. Notice of such application\nshall be given to the proprietors of the lands through which such drain is to be\nrun in the manner prescribed by Article 2 (\u00a7\u00a7 25.1-205 et seq.) of Chapter 2\nof Title 25.1.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5293.","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}}