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§ 33.2-117 Statutes declaring streams and rivers to be highways continued

All statutes heretofore enacted declaring certain streams and rivers to be highways and providing for removing obstructions therefrom and from other streams shall continue in force.

History

The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. The oldest record of it is its appearance in the Code of Virginia of 1950, as § 33-97. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1970, chapter 322; in 2014, chapter 805; in 2015, chapter 256.

Code 1950, § 33-97; 1970, c. 322; 2014, c. 805, § 33.1-183; 2015, c. 256.

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