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1997 SESSION


CHAPTER 258
An Act to amend and reenact § 28.2-1210 of the Code of Virginia, relating to removal of obstructions from state waters.
[H 2371]
Approved March 11, 1997

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 28.2-1210 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 28.2-1210. Removal of obstructions or hazardous property from state waters.

Whenever any wharf, pier, piling, bulkhead or boat, structure, or vessel is found in or upon the bays, oceans, rivers, streams or creeks of the Commonwealth in a state of abandonment, in danger of sinking, or in such disrepair as to constitute a hazard or obstruction to the use of such waterway, the Commission may ascertain the owner of the property and require him to repair or remove the property from the waters of the Commonwealth. If the identity or location of the owner remains unknown and unascertainable after a diligent search and the posting of proper notice at the last known address of the owner, if known, the Commission may have the property removed from the waterways of the Commonwealth after giving notice by publication once in a newspaper of general circulation in the area where such property is located.