§ 55.1-2811. Lien on animals
If the court enters judgment for the owner or tenant of the grounds enclosed by a lawful fence pursuant to § 55.1-2810, the landowner shall have a lien upon such animal. Upon entry of the judgment, the court shall issue a writ of fieri facias pursuant to § 8.01-478, and the animal found to have […]
§ 55.1-2812. Impounding animals
Whenever any animal is found trespassing upon any grounds enclosed by a lawful fence, the owner or tenant of such enclosed grounds shall have the right to take up and impound such animal until the damages provided for pursuant to this article have been paid, or until such animal is taken under execution by the […]
§ 55.1-2810. Damages for trespass by animals; punitive and double damages
A. If any domesticated livestock enters into any grounds enclosed by a lawful fence, as defined in §§ 55.1-2804 through 55.1-2807, the owner or manager of any such animal shall be liable for the actual damages sustained. B. Punitive damages may be awarded but shall not exceed $20 in any case. C. For every second […]
§ 55.1-2809. Persons having easement may replace gate with cattle guard; maintenance and use thereof; deemed lawful gate
Any person having an easement of right-of-way across the lands of another may, at his own expense, replace any gate thereon with a substantial cattle guard sufficient to turn livestock. Such cattle guards shall be maintained by the owner of the easement, who shall be responsible for keeping such cattle guards at all times in […]
§ 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 […]
§ 55.1-2808. Property owner may place cattle guards or gates across right-of-way
Any owner of property on which there is a road or way, not a public road, a highway, a street, or an alley, over which an easement exists for ingress and egress of others may place cattle guards or gates across such way when required for the protection of livestock. Code 1950, § 8-873.1; 1954, […]
§ 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 […]
§ 55.1-2802. Unlawful to sell other controlling devices unless they meet certain standards
A. A controlling device that does not conform to the requirements of § 55.1-2801 shall not be sold, distributed, constructed, installed, maintained, or used unless it meets the following standards: 1. A peak-discharge-output type controlling device that delivers intermittent current of a value not in excess of four milliampere-seconds for a maximum “on” period of […]
§ 55.1-2803. Penalty
Any person who violates any provision of this article is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. 1982, c. 280, § 55-298.5; 2019, c. 712.