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Whenever he finds that an infestation or infection exists he shall give notice in writing by mail or otherwise to each forest landowner within the affected area, advising him of the nature of the infestation or infection and the recommended control measures, and offering him technical advice on methods of carrying out control measures.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1287947,"text":"Where an insect infestation or disease infection is believed to exist on forest land within this Commonwealth, the State Forester shall investigate the condition. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 657 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 1952 \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 1988, chapter 891.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1371905,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345478,"identifier":"10.1-1179","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/11\/10.1-1179","url":"\/10.1-1179\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1179\/","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/11\/10.1-1179","dublin_core":{"Title":"State Forester to investigate; notice to landowners","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1179","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Where an insect <span class=\"dictionary\">infestation<\/span> or disease <span class=\"dictionary\">infection<\/span> is believed to exist on <span class=\"dictionary\">forest land<\/span> within this Commonwealth, the State Forester shall investigate the condition. Whenever he finds that an <span class=\"dictionary\">infestation<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">infection<\/span> exists he shall give notice in writing by mail or otherwise to each forest landowner within the affected area, advising him of the nature of the <span class=\"dictionary\">infestation<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">infection<\/span> and the recommended control measures, and offering him technical advice on methods of carrying out control measures.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTATE FORESTER TO INVESTIGATE; NOTICE TO LANDOWNERS (\u00a7 10.1-1179)\n\nWhere an insect infestation or disease infection is believed to exist on forest\nland within this Commonwealth, the State Forester shall investigate the\ncondition. Whenever he finds that an infestation or infection exists he shall\ngive notice in writing by mail or otherwise to each forest landowner within the\naffected area, advising him of the nature of the infestation or infection and\nthe recommended control measures, and offering him technical advice on methods\nof carrying out control measures.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 657, \u00a7 10-90.5; 1988, c. 891.","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"}}