                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ORDER OF COURT (§ 55.1-2831)

The court shall enter an order fixing the boundaries of any village or
unincorporated community having within defined boundaries a population of 300 or
more for the purpose of preventing domesticated livestock from running at large
within such boundaries if (i) in the case of a contested petition, it appears
from the evidence or from a report, if any is required pursuant to § 55.1-2830,
that at least 300 persons reside within the boundaries referred to in a petition
filed pursuant to § 55.1-2828 and that a majority of the landowners residing
therein are in favor of prohibiting domesticated livestock from running at large
or (ii) in the case of an uncontested petition, on the basis of the evidence
presented in the petition itself.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-897; 1977, c. 624, § 55-327; 1979, c. 486; 2019, c.
712.