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Statutes > Virginia > Title-18-2 > Chapter-7 > 18-2-317§ 18.2-317. Covers to be kept on certain wells.
Every person owning or occupying any land on which there is a well having adiameter greater than six inches and which is more than ten feet deep shallat all times keep the same covered in such a manner as not to be dangerous tohuman beings, animals or fowls.
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of aClass 3 misdemeanor.
(Code 1950, § 18.1-74; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.)
