Rights-of-way; Fires; Fences; Cattle Guards, Etc
This is Article 8 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Rights-of-way; Fires; Fences; Cattle Guards, Etc.” It is part of Title 56, titled “Public Service Companies.” It is part of Chapter 13, titled “Railroad Corporations.” It’s comprised of the following 17 sections.
- § 56-426
- Repealed
- § 56-426.1
- Repealed
- § 56-427
- Repealed
- § 56-428
- Railroads liable for damage from fires set out by their engines or trains
- § 56-429
- Company to erect fences along roadbed; cattle guards, etc
- § 56-430
- Construction of § 56-429; burden of proof
- § 56-431
- When company not liable for injury on enclosed track
- § 56-432
- Liability for injury on track not enclosed
- § 56-433
- Cattle guards; remedy of aggrieved landowner; penalty
- § 56-434
- When cattle guards may be discontinued
- § 56-435
- Appeal from general district court to circuit court in cattle-guard cases
- § 56-436
- Board of appraisers to appraise injured or killed livestock; duty of appraisers
- § 56-437
- Effect of appraisal in case of suit; costs
- § 56-438
- Fee of appraisers
- § 56-439
- Application of §§ 56-436 through 56-438
- § 56-439.1
- Notice of injury or death of certain livestock; penalty
- § 56-440
- Penalty for failure to remove cause of complaint in cities or towns