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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66989</law_id><section_number>15.2-1227</section_number><catch_line>Well covers in Caroline County</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="12">General Powers and Procedures of Counties</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Miscellaneous Powers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Caroline <span class="dictionary">County</span> may by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> provide that owners of property keep covers on water wells and may after reasonable notice cover uncovered water wells by its own agents or employees, in which event the cost or expense thereof shall be chargeable to and paid by the owners of such property and may be collected by the <span class="dictionary">county</span> as taxes are collected.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-14; 1962, cc. 400, 623, &#xA7; 15.1-11; 1964, c. 31; 1968, c. 423; 1974, c. 655; 1978, c. 533; 1983, cc. 192, 390; 1990, c. 177; 1992, c. 649; 1994, c. 167; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
