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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1954, chapter 461; in 1977, chapter 624; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":248227,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80401,"identifier":"55.1-2808","token":"55.1\/V\/28\/3\/55.1-2808","url":"\/55.1-2808\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2808\/","token":"55.1\/V\/28\/3\/55.1-2808","dublin_core":{"Title":"Property owner may place cattle guards or gates across right-of-way","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2808","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any owner of property on which there is a road or way, not a public road, a highway, a street, or an alley, over which an easement exists for ingress and egress of others may place cattle guards or gates across such way when required for the protection of livestock.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROPERTY OWNER MAY PLACE CATTLE GUARDS OR GATES ACROSS RIGHT-OF-WAY (\u00a7\n55.1-2808)\n\nAny owner of property on which there is a road or way, not a public road, a\nhighway, a street, or an alley, over which an easement exists for ingress and\negress of others may place cattle guards or gates across such way when required\nfor the protection of livestock.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-873.1; 1954, c. 461; 1977, c. 624, \u00a7 55-304; 2019, c.\n712.","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}}