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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 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":369785,"section_number":"55.1-2701","catch_line":"Conditions on which owner may remove drift property","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2701\/"},{"id":369786,"section_number":"55.1-2702","catch_line":"When owner of land may sell drift property; owner of property entitled to proceeds after payment of expenses, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2702\/"},{"id":369787,"section_number":"55.1-2703","catch_line":"Right of property to be proved","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2703\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1475173,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369784,"identifier":"55.1-2700","token":"55.1\/V\/27\/55.1-2700","url":"\/55.1-2700\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2700\/","token":"55.1\/V\/27\/55.1-2700","dublin_core":{"Title":"Who is entitled to drift property","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2700","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When any property other than abandoned watercraft has drifted on any of the waters of the Commonwealth and is deposited and left on the lands of any person other than the owner of such property, and there is no indicia of ownership, the owner of such land shall, as against all persons other than the owner of such property, be deemed and treated, and have the same rights and remedies relating thereto, as such owner of such property.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHO IS ENTITLED TO DRIFT PROPERTY (\u00a7 55.1-2700)\n\nWhen any property other than abandoned watercraft has drifted on any of the\nwaters of the Commonwealth and is deposited and left on the lands of any person\nother than the owner of such property, and there is no indicia of ownership, the\nowner of such land shall, as against all persons other than the owner of such\nproperty, be deemed and treated, and have the same rights and remedies relating\nthereto, as such owner of such property.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 3569; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-207; 2019, c. 712.","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"}}