§ 55.1-2806. Boundary lines of certain low grounds on James River a lawful fence
The owners and occupants of low grounds on either side of the James River in Albemarle, Buckingham, and Goochland Counties, enclosed by lawful fences on the back and hill lands, need not keep up any fence on the boundary lines running across the low grounds to the river, and such boundary lines shall be deemed […]
§ 55.1-2807. Statutes declaring watercourses lawful fences continued
All acts declaring any river, stream, or watercourse, or any part thereof, or any boundary in any county, a lawful fence, or authorizing any court so to declare the same, or enacting a special fence law for any county or any part thereof, and all acts relating to the making or repairing of division fences […]
§ 55.1-2805. Proceeding to declare stream of water or canal a lawful fence
A. The circuit court of any county, upon a petition of any owner or tenant of lands on any stream of water or canal, may declare and establish such stream or canal, or any part of either within the limits and jurisdiction of the county, a lawful fence as to any domesticated livestock. Notice of […]
§ 55.1-2804. Description of lawful fence
Every fence shall be deemed a lawful fence as to any domesticated livestock that could not creep through such fence, if it is: 1. At least five feet high, including, if the fence is on a mound, the mound to the bottom of the ditch; 2. Made of barbed wire, at least 42 inches high, […]