18.2-317 - Covers to be kept on certain wells. - Virginia Statutes

§ 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.)