                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

NOTICE OF INJURY OR DEATH OF CERTAIN LIVESTOCK; PENALTY (§ 56-439.1)

Whenever any horses, cattle, or other livestock are injured or killed by the
cars or locomotives operating on a railroad, the section master or employee of
the railroad having charge of the road at the place where the injury or death
occurred shall, if he knows of the incident or should have known of it, within
seventy-two hours, notify the owner of the animal or animals or the local
law-enforcement agency of the injury or death and the location of the incident
in relationship to state routes as well as railroad mile posts. Disposal of any
such animal or animals without proper notification shall constitute a Class 1
misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 1994, c. 352.