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2023 Code of Virginia
Title 21 - Drainage, Soil Conservation, Sanitation and Public Facilities Districts
Chapter 8 - Proceedings to Acquire Drainage Rights
§ 21-428. Right to drain land through lands of others
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VA Code § 21-428 (2023)
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Any person desiring to drain his lands through the lands of others may apply to the circuit court of the county or corporation court of the city in which the whole or a part of the last mentioned lands lie, for the appointment of commissioners to ascertain and report upon the propriety of granting such application and the damages that may be sustained by the party or parties through whose lands the drain is proposed to be run. Notice of such application shall be given to the proprietors of the lands through which such drain is to be run in the manner prescribed by Article 2 (§§ 25.1-205 et seq.) of Chapter 2 of Title 25.1.
Code 1919, § 5293.
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