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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 1968, chapter 659.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1495213,"object_type":"law","relational_id":375190,"identifier":"62.1-6","token":"62.1\/1\/62.1-6","url":"\/62.1-6\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-6\/","token":"62.1\/1\/62.1-6","dublin_core":{"Title":"Clearing watercourses between counties of obstructions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-6","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<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>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCLEARING WATERCOURSES BETWEEN COUNTIES OF OBSTRUCTIONS (\u00a7 62.1-6)\n\nThe circuit court of any county which is divided by a watercourse from another\ncounty or through any part of which a watercourse passes may, by itself or in\nconjunction with the circuit court or circuit courts of any other county or\ncounties, contract with any person or order laborers to be hired to clear such\nwatercourse of obstructions in such manner and to such extent as may seem to it\nproper, and there shall be charged on any county whatever sum the court thereof\nmay agree to pay for such purpose.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 62-4; 1968, c. 659.","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"}}