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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 218 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":false,"permalink":{"id":269981,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80810,"identifier":"62.1-44.23:1","token":"62.1\/3.1\/5\/62.1-44.23_1","url":"\/62.1-44.23_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-44.23_1\/","token":"62.1\/3.1\/5\/62.1-44.23_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Intervention of Commonwealth in actions involving surface water withdrawals","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-44.23:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>, in representing the public&#8217;s interest, shall have the authority and standing to intervene as an interested <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> in any <span class=\"dictionary\">civil action<\/span>, including actions both within and without the Commonwealth, pertaining to the withdrawal of any of the surface waters of the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINTERVENTION OF COMMONWEALTH IN ACTIONS INVOLVING SURFACE WATER WITHDRAWALS (\u00a7\n62.1-44.23:1)\n\nThe Board, in representing the public&#8217;s interest, shall have the authority\nand standing to intervene as an interested party in any civil action, including\nactions both within and without the Commonwealth, pertaining to the withdrawal\nof any of the surface waters of the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 218.","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}}