                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PETITION FOR ACTION TO FIX BOUNDARIES OF VILLAGE OR UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY (§
55.1-2828)

Twenty or more landowners residing within the boundaries referred to in §
55.1-2827 may file a petition signed by them requesting that the boundaries of
such village or unincorporated community be fixed for the purposes of §
55.1-2827. Notice of the intention to file such petition, stating the date on
which the petition will be filed, and such notice shall be (i) posted at the
front door of the courthouse of such county, and at three or more conspicuous
places within such boundaries and (ii) published once a week for two successive
weeks in a newspaper having a general circulation in the county where the
village or unincorporated community is located, at least 10 days before the day
on which such petition is to be presented. Such petition shall state with
reasonable certainty the boundaries within which it is desired to prohibit such
animals from running at large, that at least 300 persons reside within such
boundaries, and that a majority of the landowners residing therein are in favor
of prohibiting such animals from running at large.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-894; 1977, c. 624, § 55-324; 2019, c. 712.