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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58586</law_id><section_number>62.1-44.114</section_number><catch_line>Use of Potomac River; riparian rights</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="62.1">Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3.6">Potomac River Riparian Rights Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>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 <span class="dictionary">common law</span> and in the Compact of 1785 with Maryland, and confirmed by the Black-Jenkins Determination of 1877 and Article VII, &#xA7;&#xA0;1 of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Potomac River Compact" href="/28.2-1001/">28.2-1001</a>, cited as the Potomac River Compact of 1958.</p></section></text><history>1979, c. 307; 2005, c. 839.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
