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2011 Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY.
Chapter 7 Crimes Involving Health and Safety (18.2-247 thru 18.2-324.1)
18.2-317 Covers to be kept on certain wells


VA Code § 18.2-317 (2001 through Reg Session) What's This?

18.2-317. Covers to be kept on certain wells.

Every person owning or occupying any land on which there is a well having a diameter greater than six inches and which is more than ten feet deep shall at all times keep the same covered in such a manner as not to be dangerous to human beings, animals or fowls.

Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

(Code 1950, 18.1-74; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.)

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