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Notice of the intention to file such petition, stating the date on which the petition will be filed, and such notice shall be (i) posted at the front door of the courthouse of such county, and at three or more conspicuous places within such boundaries and (ii) published once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper having a general circulation in the county where the village or unincorporated community is located, at least 10 days before the day on which such petition is to be presented. Such petition shall state with reasonable certainty the boundaries within which it is desired to prohibit such animals from running at large, that at least 300 persons reside within such boundaries, and that a majority of the landowners residing therein are in favor of prohibiting such animals from running at large.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1379720,"text":"Twenty or more landowners residing within the boundaries referred to in \u00a7 55.1-2827 may file a petition signed by them requesting that the boundaries of such village or unincorporated community be fixed for the purposes of \u00a7 55.1-2827. Notice of the intention to file such petition, stating the date on which the petition will be filed, and such notice shall be (i) posted at the front door of the courthouse of such county, and at three or more conspicuous places within such boundaries and (ii) published once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper having a general circulation in the county where the village or unincorporated community is located, at least 10 days before the day on which such petition is to be presented. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1977, chapter 624; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":369817,"section_number":"55.1-2829","catch_line":"Entry of order if petition not contested","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2829\/"},{"id":369819,"section_number":"55.1-2831","catch_line":"Order of court","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2831\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":369815,"section_number":"55.1-2827","catch_line":"Courts to fix boundaries of villages to prevent animals from running at large","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2827\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1475317,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369816,"identifier":"55.1-2828","token":"55.1\/V\/28\/7\/55.1-2828","url":"\/55.1-2828\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2828\/","token":"55.1\/V\/28\/7\/55.1-2828","dublin_core":{"Title":"Petition for action to fix boundaries of village or unincorporated community","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2828","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Twenty or more landowners residing within the boundaries referred to in \u00a7 55.1-2827<\/a> may file a petition<\/span> signed by them requesting that the boundaries of such village or unincorporated community be fixed for the purposes of \u00a7 55.1-2827<\/a>. Notice of the intention to file such petition<\/span>, stating the date on which the petition<\/span> will be filed, and such notice shall be (i) posted at the front door of the courthouse of such county, and at three or more conspicuous places within such boundaries and (ii) published once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper having a general circulation in the county where the village or unincorporated community is located, at least 10 days before the day on which such petition<\/span> is to be presented. Such petition<\/span> shall state with reasonable certainty the boundaries within which it is desired to prohibit such animals from running at large, that at least 300 persons reside within such boundaries, and that a majority of the landowners residing therein are in favor of prohibiting such animals from running at large.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPETITION FOR ACTION TO FIX BOUNDARIES OF VILLAGE OR UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY (\u00a7\n55.1-2828)\n\nTwenty or more landowners residing within the boundaries referred to in \u00a7\n55.1-2827 may file a petition signed by them requesting that the boundaries of\nsuch village or unincorporated community be fixed for the purposes of \u00a7\n55.1-2827. Notice of the intention to file such petition, stating the date on\nwhich the petition will be filed, and such notice shall be (i) posted at the\nfront door of the courthouse of such county, and at three or more conspicuous\nplaces within such boundaries and (ii) published once a week for two successive\nweeks in a newspaper having a general circulation in the county where the\nvillage or unincorporated community is located, at least 10 days before the day\non which such petition is to be presented. Such petition shall state with\nreasonable certainty the boundaries within which it is desired to prohibit such\nanimals from running at large, that at least 300 persons reside within such\nboundaries, and that a majority of the landowners residing therein are in favor\nof prohibiting such animals from running at large.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-894; 1977, c. 624, \u00a7 55-324; 2019, c. 712.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}