CODE OF VIRGINIA PROPERTY OWNER MAY PLACE CATTLE GUARDS OR GATES ACROSS RIGHT-OF-WAY (§ 55-304) Any owner of property on which there is a road or way, not a public road, a highway, street or 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. HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-873.1; 1954, c. 461; 1977, c. 624.