                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROCEEDING TO DECLARE STREAM OF WATER OR CANAL A LAWFUL FENCE (§ 55.1-2805)

A. The circuit court of any county, upon a petition of any owner or tenant of
lands on any stream of water or canal, may declare and establish such stream or
canal, or any part of either within the limits and jurisdiction of the county, a
lawful fence as to any domesticated livestock. Notice of the application shall
be given by posting a copy of the petition at the front door of the courthouse
and at two or more public places at or near the stream or canal to which the
petition applies, for 30 days, and by publishing such notice once a week for
four successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in such county. At
or before the trial of the cause, any person interested may enter himself a
defendant.

B. The court may, upon petition and notice of any person interested, revoke or
alter any order made under subsection A, but such order shall not be made within
one year from the date of the original and shall not take effect until six
months after it is made.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 8-870, 8-871; 1977, c. 624, §§ 55-300, 55-301; 2019,
c. 712.