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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":false,"refers_to":[{"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":248271,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60174,"identifier":"55.1-2818","token":"55.1\/V\/28\/5\/55.1-2818","url":"\/55.1-2818\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2818\/","token":"55.1\/V\/28\/5\/55.1-2818","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect on existing fence laws or no-fence laws","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2818","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Nothing in \u00a7 55.1-2814<\/a> shall repeal the existing fence laws<\/span> in any county, magisterial district, or selected portion of any county, until changed by the board of supervisors or other governing body, by ordinance<\/span> and in accordance with the provisions thereof, nor shall the provisions of \u00a7 55.1-2814<\/a> apply to any county, magisterial district, or selected portion of any county in which the no-fence law<\/span> is now in force, if such no-fence law<\/span> exists otherwise than in an ordinance<\/span> adopted by the board of supervisors or other governing body of such county entered pursuant to \u00a7 55.1-2814<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT ON EXISTING FENCE LAWS OR NO-FENCE LAWS (\u00a7 55.1-2818)\n\nNothing in \u00a7 55.1-2814 shall repeal the existing fence laws in any county,\nmagisterial district, or selected portion of any county, until changed by the\nboard of supervisors or other governing body, by ordinance and in accordance\nwith the provisions thereof, nor shall the provisions of \u00a7 55.1-2814 apply to\nany county, magisterial district, or selected portion of any county in which the\nno-fence law is now in force, if such no-fence law exists otherwise than in an\nordinance adopted by the board of supervisors or other governing body of such\ncounty entered pursuant to \u00a7 55.1-2814.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-884; 1977, c. 624, \u00a7 55-314; 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}}