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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>369815</law_id><section_number>55.1-2827</section_number><catch_line>Courts to fix boundaries of villages to prevent animals from running at large</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>55.1-2828</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="120" identifier="55.1">Property and Conveyances</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="V">Miscellaneous</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="5" identifier="28">Trespasses; Fences</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="7" identifier="7">Special Provisions for Unincorporated Communities</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> of any county in which is situated any village or unincorporated community having within defined boundaries a population of 300 or more shall have <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> to fix the boundaries of such village or unincorporated community for the purpose of preventing domesticated livestock from running at large within such boundaries.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-893; 1977, c. 624, &#xA7; 55-323; 1979, c. 486; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
