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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55391</law_id><section_number>16.1-69.29</section_number><catch_line>Jurisdiction over certain waters</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="16.1">Courts Not of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="4.1">District Courts</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Districts; District Courts and Judges</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Where any river, watercourse or bay lies between any counties or any cities, or any county and city in this Commonwealth, the district <span class="dictionary">courts</span> therein, on each side, respectively, shall have concurrent territorial <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> over so much thereof as shall be opposite to such counties and cities. And such <span class="dictionary">courts</span> for counties or cities lying on the waters bounding the Commonwealth shall have concurrent territorial <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> respectively over such waters opposite such counties and cities, as far as the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of this Commonwealth extends. But this section shall not apply to the City of Richmond.</p></section></text><history>1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546; 2005, cc. 45, 114.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
