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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1966, chapter 102; in 2005, chapter 839<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1370145,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345268,"identifier":"1-307","token":"1\/3.1\/1-307","url":"\/1-307\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/1-307\/","token":"1\/3.1\/1-307","dublin_core":{"Title":"Compact and boundary with Kentucky","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 1-307","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Except such part as may constitute the boundary line between West Virginia and the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the boundary between this Commonwealth and the Commonwealth of Kentucky, shall be and remain as the line approved on January 13, 1800, by an act of the General Assembly. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The articles set forth in the act of separation of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from this Commonwealth adopted by the General Assembly on December 18, 1789, shall be and remain a solemn compact mutually binding on the Commonwealths of Virginia and Kentucky, and unalterable by either without the consent of the other. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMPACT AND BOUNDARY WITH KENTUCKY (\u00a7 1-307)\n\nA. Except such part as may constitute the boundary line between West Virginia\nand the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the boundary between this Commonwealth and the\nCommonwealth of Kentucky, shall be and remain as the line approved on January\n13, 1800, by an act of the General Assembly.\n\nB. The articles set forth in the act of separation of the Commonwealth of\nKentucky from this Commonwealth adopted by the General Assembly on December 18,\n1789, shall be and remain a solemn compact mutually binding on the Commonwealths\nof Virginia and Kentucky, and unalterable by either without the consent of the\nother.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 7-5; 1966, c. 102, \u00a7 7.1-6; 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"}}