CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMPENSATION FOR LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY KILLED BY HYBRID CANINES (§ 3.2-6584)

Any person who has any livestock or poultry killed or injured by any hybrid
canine not his own shall be entitled to receive as compensation the fair market
value of such livestock or poultry not to exceed $ 750 per animal or $ 10 per
fowl if (i) the claimant has furnished evidence within 60 days of discovery of
the quantity and value of the dead or injured livestock and the reasons the
claimant believes that death or injury was caused by a hybrid canine; (ii) the
animal control officer or other officer shall have been notified of the incident
within 72 hours of its discovery; and (iii) the claimant first has exhausted his
legal remedies against the owner, if known, of the hybrid canine doing the
damage for which compensation under this section is sought. Exhaustion shall
mean a judgment against the owner of the hybrid canine upon which an execution
has been returned unsatisfied.Local jurisdictions may by ordinance waive the
requirements of clause (ii) or (iii) or both provided that the ordinance adopted
requires that the animal control officer has conducted an investigation and that
his investigation supports the claim. Upon payment under this section the local
governing body shall be subrogated to the extent of compensation paid to the
right of action to the owner of the livestock or poultry against the owner of
the hybrid canine and may enforce the same in an appropriate action at law.

HISTORY: 1997, c. 918, § 3.1-796.126:11; 1998, c. 817; 2008, c. 860; 2014, cc.
116, 160.