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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1952, chapter 185; in 1970, chapter 291; in 1991, chapter 378; in 1995, chapter 850<\/a>; in 1998, chapter 427<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":59255,"section_number":"28.2-1200","catch_line":"Ungranted beds of bays, rivers, creeks and shores of the sea to remain in common","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-1200\/"},{"id":83727,"section_number":"41.1-16","catch_line":"Sale of wastelands; proceeding by citizen resident; motion and deposit for costs; parties; copy of plat","order_by":null,"url":"\/41.1-16\/"},{"id":67981,"section_number":"41.1-20","catch_line":"Same; sale extinguishes title and interest of Commonwealth","order_by":null,"url":"\/41.1-20\/"},{"id":55026,"section_number":"41.1-3","catch_line":"Grants of certain lands, etc., to be void; such lands, etc., under control of Governor","order_by":null,"url":"\/41.1-3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":220795,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67189,"identifier":"41.1-5","token":"41.1\/41.1-5","url":"\/41.1-5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/41.1-5\/","token":"41.1\/41.1-5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Circuit courts authorized to dispose of waste and unappropriated lands","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 41.1-5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The circuit<\/span> courts<\/span> of the counties and cities in which waste and unappropriated lands are alleged to lie are vested with authority to sell and dispose thereof in proceedings brought under \u00a7\u00a7 41.1-16<\/a> through 41.1-20<\/a>; however, no sale or disposition<\/span> shall be made of lands mentioned in \u00a7 28.2-1200<\/a> or of lands as to which a grant could not have been issued by the Librarian of Virginia under \u00a7 41.1-3<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCIRCUIT COURTS AUTHORIZED TO DISPOSE OF WASTE AND UNAPPROPRIATED LANDS (\u00a7\n41.1-5)\n\nThe circuit courts of the counties and cities in which waste and unappropriated\nlands are alleged to lie are vested with authority to sell and dispose thereof\nin proceedings brought under \u00a7\u00a7 41.1-16 through 41.1-20; however, no sale or\ndisposition shall be made of lands mentioned in \u00a7 28.2-1200 or of lands as to\nwhich a grant could not have been issued by the Librarian of Virginia under \u00a7\n41.1-3.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 41-8.2; 1952, c. 185; 1970, c. 291; 1991, c. 378; 1995,\nc. 850; 1998, c. 427.","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}}