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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58267</law_id><section_number>62.1-194.2</section_number><catch_line>Throwing trash, etc., into or obstructing river, creek, stream or swamp</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>10.1-1135</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="62.1">Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="20">Miscellaneous Offenses</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or otherwise dispose of trash, debris, tree laps, logs, or fell timber or make or cause to be made any obstruction which exists for more than a week (excepting a lawfully constructed dam) in, under, over or across any river, creek, stream, or swamp, so as to obstruct the free passage of boats, canoes, or other floating vessels, or fish in such waters. The provisions of this section shall be enforceable by duly authorized state and local <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officials and by conservation police officers whose general police power under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Power to make arrests" href="/29.1-205/">29.1-205</a> and forest wardens whose general police powers under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Appointment and compensation of forest wardens; oath; powers" href="/10.1-1135/">10.1-1135</a> shall be deemed to include enforcement of the provisions of this section. Violations of this section shall be punishable as a <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Same; where no punishment or maximum punishment prescribed" href="/18.2-12/">18.2-12</a>; and each day for which any violation continues without removal of such obstruction, on and after the tenth day following <span class="dictionary">service of process</span> on the violator in accordance with &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Copy of process to be left with accused; exception" href="/19.2-75/">19.2-75</a>, shall constitute a separate <span class="dictionary">offense</span> punishable as a <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Same; where no punishment or maximum punishment prescribed" href="/18.2-12/">18.2-12</a>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 62-187.1; 1964, c. 157; 1968, c. 86; 1988, c. 196.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
