<?xml version="1.0"?>
<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>354056</law_id><section_number>21-317</section_number><catch_line>Changing boundaries to include land affected</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="58" identifier="21">Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="6" identifier="6">Drainage Projects</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If it shall be shown that there is any land not within the proposed district that will be affected by the construction of the proposed levee or drain, the boundary of the district shall be so changed as to include such land, and such additional landowners shall be made parties <span class="dictionary">plaintiff</span> or <span class="dictionary">defendant</span>, respectively, and <span class="dictionary">summons</span> shall be issued accordingly, as hereinbefore provided. And, upon <span class="dictionary">petition</span> of any <span class="dictionary">party</span> so summoned, filed within ten days after such <span class="dictionary">summons</span> has been served upon him, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall hear and decide any objection made by the petitioner as to the establishment of the district or the inclusion of the petitioner&#x2019;s land in the same. After such changes in the boundary are made, the sufficiency of the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> shall be verified to determine whether or not it conforms to the requirements of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Form of petition; bond; summons of landowners not on petition" href="/21-295/">21-295</a>. Any person, whose lands are affected, may, at this stage of the proceedings, sign the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> so as to render same sufficient.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 1746.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
