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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 <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0712\">712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":70258,"section_number":"55.1-2804","catch_line":"Description of lawful fence","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2804\/"},{"id":59693,"section_number":"55.1-2814","catch_line":"How governing body of county may make local fence law","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2814\/"}],"permalink":{"id":248267,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59791,"identifier":"55.1-2817","token":"55.1\/V\/28\/5\/55.1-2817","url":"\/55.1-2817\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2817\/","token":"55.1\/V\/28\/5\/55.1-2817","dublin_core":{"Title":"No authority to adopt more stringent fence laws","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2817","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Nothing in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"How governing body of county may make local fence law\" href=\"\/55.1-2814\/\">55.1-2814<\/a> shall authorize or require the boards of supervisors or other governing bodies of counties to declare a more stringent fence as a lawful fence for any county, magisterial district, or selected portion of any county than as prescribed by \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Description of lawful fence\" href=\"\/55.1-2804\/\">55.1-2804<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNO AUTHORITY TO ADOPT MORE STRINGENT FENCE LAWS (\u00a7 55.1-2817)\n\nNothing in \u00a7 55.1-2814 shall authorize or require the boards of supervisors or\nother governing bodies of counties to declare a more stringent fence as a lawful\nfence for any county, magisterial district, or selected portion of any county\nthan as prescribed by \u00a7 55.1-2804.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-883; 1977, c. 624, \u00a7 55-313; 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}}