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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 343 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2005, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0839\">839<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1370137,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345266,"identifier":"1-305","token":"1\/3.1\/1-305","url":"\/1-305\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/1-305\/","token":"1\/3.1\/1-305","dublin_core":{"Title":"Boundary with North Carolina eastward from low-water mark of Atlantic Ocean","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 1-305","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The boundary line between the Commonwealth and North Carolina eastward from the low-water mark of the Atlantic Ocean shall be and remains the line beginning at the intersection with the low-water mark of the Atlantic Ocean and the existing North Carolina-Virginia boundary line; thence due east to the seaward jurisdictional limit of Virginia; such boundary line to be extended on the true 90 degree bearing as far as a need for further delimitation may arise.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBOUNDARY WITH NORTH CAROLINA EASTWARD FROM LOW-WATER MARK OF ATLANTIC OCEAN (\u00a7\n1-305)\n\nThe boundary line between the Commonwealth and North Carolina eastward from the\nlow-water mark of the Atlantic Ocean shall be and remains the line beginning at\nthe intersection with the low-water mark of the Atlantic Ocean and the existing\nNorth Carolina-Virginia boundary line; thence due east to the seaward\njurisdictional limit of Virginia; such boundary line to be extended on the true\n90 degree bearing as far as a need for further delimitation may arise.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 343, \u00a7 7.1-4.1; 2005, c. 839.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}