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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>374795</law_id><section_number>62.1-158</section_number><catch_line>Claims for damages to oyster and clamming grounds</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="29" identifier="13">Improvement of Navigability of Streams</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Claims for <span class="dictionary">damages</span> to oyster and clamming grounds may be asserted in the <span class="dictionary">courts</span> having <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> in the county or city in which such <span class="dictionary">damages</span> occur.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 62-117.11; 1958, c. 467; 1968, c. 659.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
