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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1977, chapter 624; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":248217,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73734,"identifier":"55.1-2806","token":"55.1\/V\/28\/2\/55.1-2806","url":"\/55.1-2806\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2806\/","token":"55.1\/V\/28\/2\/55.1-2806","dublin_core":{"Title":"Boundary lines of certain low grounds on James River a lawful fence","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2806","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The owners and occupants of low grounds on either side of the James River in Albemarle, Buckingham, and Goochland Counties, enclosed by lawful fences on the back and hill lands, need not keep up any fence on the boundary lines running across the low grounds to the river, and such boundary lines shall be deemed a lawful fence, except where public roads cross the river or run parallel with its banks.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBOUNDARY LINES OF CERTAIN LOW GROUNDS ON JAMES RIVER A LAWFUL FENCE (\u00a7\n55.1-2806)\n\nThe owners and occupants of low grounds on either side of the James River in\nAlbemarle, Buckingham, and Goochland Counties, enclosed by lawful fences on the\nback and hill lands, need not keep up any fence on the boundary lines running\nacross the low grounds to the river, and such boundary lines shall be deemed a\nlawful fence, except where public roads cross the river or run parallel with its\nbanks.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-872; 1977, c. 624, \u00a7 55-302; 2019, c. 712.","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}}