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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1977, chapter 624; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":57780,"section_number":"55.1-2810","catch_line":"Damages for trespass by animals; punitive and double damages","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2810\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":248221,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58637,"identifier":"55.1-2807","token":"55.1\/V\/28\/2\/55.1-2807","url":"\/55.1-2807\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2807\/","token":"55.1\/V\/28\/2\/55.1-2807","dublin_core":{"Title":"Statutes declaring watercourses lawful fences continued","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2807","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All acts declaring any river, stream, or watercourse, or any part thereof, or any boundary in any county, a lawful fence, or authorizing any court<\/span> so to declare the same, or enacting a special fence law<\/span> for any county or any part thereof, and all acts relating to the making or repairing of division fences in any county or in any part thereof that may be in force on the day before the Code of 1887 took effect, shall continue in force.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTATUTES DECLARING WATERCOURSES LAWFUL FENCES CONTINUED (\u00a7 55.1-2807)\n\nAll acts declaring any river, stream, or watercourse, or any part thereof, or\nany boundary in any county, a lawful fence, or authorizing any court so to\ndeclare the same, or enacting a special fence law for any county or any part\nthereof, and all acts relating to the making or repairing of division fences in\nany county or in any part thereof that may be in force on the day before the\nCode of 1887 took effect, shall continue in force.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-873; 1977, c. 624, \u00a7 55-303; 2019, c. 712.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}