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It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1977, chapter 624; in 2019, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0712\">712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":369813,"section_number":"55.1-2825","catch_line":"Requirements for agreement to bind successors in title; subsequent owners","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2825\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":369810,"section_number":"55.1-2822","catch_line":"When no division fence has been built","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2822\/"},{"id":369811,"section_number":"55.1-2823","catch_line":"When division fence already built","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2823\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1475299,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369812,"identifier":"55.1-2824","token":"55.1\/V\/28\/6\/55.1-2824","url":"\/55.1-2824\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2824\/","token":"55.1\/V\/28\/6\/55.1-2824","dublin_core":{"Title":"Recovery of amount due in connection with division fence","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2824","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any sum that may be due and payable by one adjoining landowner to another in pursuance of any of the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"When no division fence has been built\" href=\"\/55.1-2822\/\">55.1-2822<\/a> and <a class=\"law\" title=\"When division fence already built\" href=\"\/55.1-2823\/\">55.1-2823<\/a> may be recovered by action or warrant in debt, according to the jurisdictional amount.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECOVERY OF AMOUNT DUE IN CONNECTION WITH DIVISION FENCE (\u00a7 55.1-2824)\n\nAny sum that may be due and payable by one adjoining landowner to another in\npursuance of any of the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 55.1-2822 and 55.1-2823 may be\nrecovered by action or warrant in debt, according to the jurisdictional amount.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-890; 1977, c. 624, \u00a7 55-320; 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"}}