Virginia § 1-307 - Compact and boundary with Kentucky
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§ 1-307. Compact and boundary with Kentucky
A. Except such part as may constitute the boundary line between West Virginia and the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the boundary between this Commonwealth and the Commonwealth of Kentucky, shall be and remain as the line approved on January 13, 1800, by an act of the General Assembly.
B. The articles set forth in the act of separation of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from this Commonwealth adopted by the General Assembly on December 18, 1789, shall be and remain a solemn compact mutually binding on the Commonwealths of Virginia and Kentucky, and unalterable by either without the consent of the other.
Code 1950, § 7-5; 1966, c. 102, § 7.1-6; 2005, c. 839.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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