2015 Code of Virginia
Title 55 - Property and Conveyances
§ 55-316. When unlawful for animals to run at large

VA Code § 55-316 (2015) What's This?

It shall be unlawful for the owner or manager of any animal or type of animal described in § 55-306 to permit any such animal, as to which the boundaries of lots or tracts of land have been or may be constituted a lawful fence, to run at large beyond the limits of his own lands within the county, magisterial district, or portion of such county wherein such boundaries have been constituted and shall be a lawful fence.

Code 1950, § 8-886; 1977, c. 624; 1979, c. 486.

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