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2018 Code of Virginia
Title 55 - Property and Conveyances
Chapter 18 - Trespasses; Fences
§ 55-328. Animals may not run at large after entry of order
Universal Citation: VA Code § 55-328 (2018)
After the expiration of ten days from the date of entering such order it shall be unlawful for any animal specified in § 55-306 to run at large within such boundaries, and any person owning or having charge of any such animal who shall permit the same to run at large within such boundaries shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor, each day such animal is permitted to run at large to constitute a separate offense; and any such animal found running at large upon any street, alley, road or other public ground within such boundaries may be taken up and impounded by any person who may retain such animal in his custody until the expense of keeping such animal shall have been paid.
Code 1950, § 8-898; 1977, c. 624; 1979, c. 486.
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