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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 1968, chapter 659.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":375231,"section_number":"62.1-7","catch_line":"Rights of improving navigation preserved; dams, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-7\/"},{"id":375244,"section_number":"62.1-8","catch_line":"Limitation on power of courts to grant leave to erect dams","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-8\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1495225,"object_type":"law","relational_id":375257,"identifier":"62.1-9","token":"62.1\/1\/62.1-9","url":"\/62.1-9\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-9\/","token":"62.1\/1\/62.1-9","dublin_core":{"Title":"Construction of two preceding sections","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-9","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Sections 62.1-7<\/a> and 62.1-8<\/a> shall not be construed to give any greater or other right to any person who has erected or may erect any dam or other obstruction across or in any watercourse, than such person would have had if such sections had not been enacted.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONSTRUCTION OF TWO PRECEDING SECTIONS (\u00a7 62.1-9)\n\nSections 62.1-7 and 62.1-8 shall not be construed to give any greater or other\nright to any person who has erected or may erect any dam or other obstruction\nacross or in any watercourse, than such person would have had if such sections\nhad not been enacted.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 62-7; 1968, c. 659.","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"}}