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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>375190</law_id><section_number>62.1-6</section_number><catch_line>Clearing watercourses between counties of obstructions</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="1" identifier="1">Watercourses Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> of any county which is divided by a watercourse from another county or through any part of which a watercourse passes may, by itself or in conjunction with the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> or <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">courts</span> of any other county or counties, <span class="dictionary">contract</span> with any person or <span class="dictionary">order</span> laborers to be hired to clear such watercourse of obstructions in such manner and to such extent as may seem to it proper, and there shall be charged on any county whatever sum the <span class="dictionary">court</span> thereof may agree to pay for such purpose.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 62-4; 1968, c. 659.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
