                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

HOW GOVERNING BODY OF COUNTY MAY MAKE LOCAL FENCE LAW (§ 55.1-2814)

The board of supervisors or other governing body in any county, after publishing
notice as required by subsection F of § 15.2-1427, may, by ordinance, declare
the boundary line of each lot or tract of land or any stream in such county, any
magisterial district of such county, or any selected portion of such county, to
be a lawful fence as to any or all domesticated livestock, or may declare any
other kind of fence for such county, magisterial district, or selected portion
of the county than as prescribed by § 55.1-2804 to be a lawful fence, as to any
or all of such animals.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-880; 1977, c. 624, § 55-310; 2019, c. 712.