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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":369784,"section_number":"55.1-2700","catch_line":"Who is entitled to drift property","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2700\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1475177,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369785,"identifier":"55.1-2701","token":"55.1\/V\/27\/55.1-2701","url":"\/55.1-2701\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2701\/","token":"55.1\/V\/27\/55.1-2701","dublin_core":{"Title":"Conditions on which owner may remove drift property","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2701","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The owner of property described in \u00a7 55.1-2700<\/a>, after he has paid to the owner of the land a just compensation for any proper care, labor, or expense bestowed, done, or incurred by him for such property, may enter upon the land and, doing as little injury as possible, remove the property, but shall pay the owner of the land for any damage caused to him by such entry and removal.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONDITIONS ON WHICH OWNER MAY REMOVE DRIFT PROPERTY (\u00a7 55.1-2701)\n\nThe owner of property described in \u00a7 55.1-2700, after he has paid to the owner\nof the land a just compensation for any proper care, labor, or expense bestowed,\ndone, or incurred by him for such property, may enter upon the land and, doing\nas little injury as possible, remove the property, but shall pay the owner of\nthe land for any damage caused to him by such entry and removal.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 3570; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-208; 2019, c. 712.","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"}}