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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>374715</law_id><section_number>62.1-12</section_number><catch_line>Valid uses not affected; chapter not applicable to proceedings determining rights</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="132" identifier="62.1">Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="2">State Policy as to Waters</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Nothing in this chapter shall operate to affect any existing valid use of such <span class="dictionary">waters</span> or interfere with such uses hereafter acquired, nor shall it be construed as applying to the determination of rights in any proceeding now pending or hereafter instituted.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 62-9.3; 1954, c. 330; 1968, c. 659.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
