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Then the party so notified shall appoint an appraiser on his behalf, and the two appraisers shall select a third appraiser. These three persons shall constitute a board of appraisers to examine and appraise the property so injured or damaged, and shall examine the horses or other livestock so killed, or injured, or the other property so damaged, and affix a value upon the same if killed, or assess the damages to the same if injured, and make a written report, carefully describing the horses, cattle, or other livestock or property, stating whether killed or injured, and also setting out the valuation or assessment of damages made by them. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1994, chapter 352<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":73321,"section_number":"56-437","catch_line":"Effect of appraisal in case of suit; costs","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-437\/"},{"id":61986,"section_number":"56-438","catch_line":"Fee of appraisers","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-438\/"},{"id":72154,"section_number":"56-439","catch_line":"Application of \u00a7\u00a7 56-436 through 56-438","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-439\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":249777,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79641,"identifier":"56-436","token":"56\/13\/8\/56-436","url":"\/56-436\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-436\/","token":"56\/13\/8\/56-436","dublin_core":{"Title":"Board of appraisers to appraise injured or killed livestock; duty of appraisers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-436","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever any horses, cattle, or other livestock are killed or injured, or other property damaged, by the cars or locomotives upon any railroad, it shall be lawful for the owner thereof or for the railroad company<\/span> to have the property examined and the damages<\/span> assessed by a board of appraisers in the following manner:\n\t\tEither party<\/span>, his agent or attorney, may appoint one person<\/span> as the appraiser in his behalf, and notify the other party<\/span>; such notice, when intended for the railroad company<\/span>, shall be sufficient if given by certified mail<\/span> to the registered agent of such railroad. Then the party<\/span> so notified shall appoint an appraiser on his behalf, and the two appraisers shall select a third appraiser. These three persons<\/span> shall constitute a board of appraisers to examine and appraise the property so injured or damaged, and shall examine the horses or other livestock so killed, or injured, or the other property so damaged, and affix a value upon the same if killed, or assess the damages<\/span> to the same if injured, and make a written report, carefully describing the horses, cattle, or other livestock or property, stating whether killed or injured, and also setting out the valuation or assessment of damages<\/span> made by them. Such report shall be returned to the office of the clerk of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of the county or city in which such livestock was killed or injured, who shall file and preserve the same.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBOARD OF APPRAISERS TO APPRAISE INJURED OR KILLED LIVESTOCK; DUTY OF APPRAISERS\n(\u00a7 56-436)\n\nWhenever any horses, cattle, or other livestock are killed or injured, or other\nproperty damaged, by the cars or locomotives upon any railroad, it shall be\nlawful for the owner thereof or for the railroad company to have the property\nexamined and the damages assessed by a board of appraisers in the following\nmanner:\n\t\tEither party, his agent or attorney, may appoint one person as the appraiser\nin his behalf, and notify the other party; such notice, when intended for the\nrailroad company, shall be sufficient if given by certified mail to the\nregistered agent of such railroad. Then the party so notified shall appoint an\nappraiser on his behalf, and the two appraisers shall select a third appraiser.\nThese three persons shall constitute a board of appraisers to examine and\nappraise the property so injured or damaged, and shall examine the horses or\nother livestock so killed, or injured, or the other property so damaged, and\naffix a value upon the same if killed, or assess the damages to the same if\ninjured, and make a written report, carefully describing the horses, cattle, or\nother livestock or property, stating whether killed or injured, and also setting\nout the valuation or assessment of damages made by them. Such report shall be\nreturned to the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county or city\nin which such livestock was killed or injured, who shall file and preserve the\nsame.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 3994; 1994, c. 352.","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}}