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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 307 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 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2005, chapter 839<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":60451,"section_number":"28.2-1001","catch_line":"Potomac River Compact","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-1001\/"}],"permalink":{"id":270151,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58586,"identifier":"62.1-44.114","token":"62.1\/3.6\/62.1-44.114","url":"\/62.1-44.114\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-44.114\/","token":"62.1\/3.6\/62.1-44.114","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of Potomac River; riparian rights","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-44.114","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commonwealth and its citizens shall have the right to such use of the Potomac River as may be necessary to the full enjoyment of their riparian ownership as provided at common law<\/span> and in the Compact of 1785 with Maryland, and confirmed by the Black-Jenkins Determination of 1877 and Article VII, \u00a7 1 of \u00a7 28.2-1001<\/a>, cited as the Potomac River Compact of 1958.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUSE OF POTOMAC RIVER; RIPARIAN RIGHTS (\u00a7 62.1-44.114)\n\nThe Commonwealth and its citizens shall have the right to such use of the\nPotomac River as may be necessary to the full enjoyment of their riparian\nownership as provided at common law and in the Compact of 1785 with Maryland,\nand confirmed by the Black-Jenkins Determination of 1877 and Article VII, \u00a7 1\nof \u00a7 28.2-1001, cited as the Potomac River Compact of 1958.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 307; 2005, c. 839.","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}}