Virginia Statutes
§ 33.2-411 — Raising or lowering floodgates
Virginia § 33.2-411
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 33.2HIGHWAYS AND OTHER SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
Subtitle IIMODES OF TRANSPORTATION: HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, FERRIES, RAIL, AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Ch. 4LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAYS, SCENIC HIGHWAYS AND VIRGINIA BYWAYS, AND HIGHWAYS OVER DAMS
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 33.2-411 (2026).
Text
The owner or occupier of a dam shall raise or lower the floodgates on such dam when there is an impending flood in order to reduce the level of the water in the pond, and when it comes to the attention of the Commissioner of Highways that this has not been done, or that the owner is unable to reach the spillway in order to do so, the Commissioner of Highways may perform this duty.
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Legislative History
Code 1950, § 33-92; 1970, c. 322, § 33.1-178; 2014, c. 805.
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Bluebook (online)
Virginia § 33.2-411, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/va/33.2/33.2-411.