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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 721 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":83275,"section_number":"62.1-249","catch_line":"Applicability of permit conditions","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-249\/"}],"permalink":{"id":269035,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86291,"identifier":"62.1-253","token":"62.1\/24\/62.1-253","url":"\/62.1-253\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-253\/","token":"62.1\/24\/62.1-253","dublin_core":{"Title":"Riparian rights","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-253","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as altering, or authorizing any alteration of, any existing riparian rights except as set forth in permits issued pursuant to this chapter. The conditions in such permits shall be in force only in those times when low stream flows, or the potential therefor, result in a declaration as provided for in subsection A of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Applicability of permit conditions\" href=\"\/62.1-249\/\">62.1-249<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRIPARIAN RIGHTS (\u00a7 62.1-253)\n\nNothing in this chapter shall be construed as altering, or authorizing any\nalteration of, any existing riparian rights except as set forth in permits\nissued pursuant to this chapter. The conditions in such permits shall be in\nforce only in those times when low stream flows, or the potential therefor,\nresult in a declaration as provided for in subsection A of \u00a7 62.1-249.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 721.","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}}