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It has been modified 3 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 1970, chapter 322; in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0805\">805<\/a>; in 2015, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0256\">256<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1431861,"object_type":"law","relational_id":359805,"identifier":"33.2-117","token":"33.2\/I\/1\/33.2-117","url":"\/33.2-117\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-117\/","token":"33.2\/I\/1\/33.2-117","dublin_core":{"Title":"Statutes declaring streams and rivers to be highways continued","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-117","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>All <span class=\"dictionary\">statutes<\/span> heretofore enacted declaring certain streams and rivers to be <span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span> and providing for removing obstructions therefrom and from other streams shall continue in force.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTATUTES DECLARING STREAMS AND RIVERS TO BE HIGHWAYS CONTINUED (\u00a7 33.2-117)\n\nAll statutes heretofore enacted declaring certain streams and rivers to be\nhighways and providing for removing obstructions therefrom and from other\nstreams shall continue in force.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33-97; 1970, c. 322; 2014, c. 805, \u00a7 33.1-183; 2015, c.\n256.","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"}}