55-328 - Animals may not run at large after entry of order. - Virginia Statutes

§ 55-328. Animals may not run at large after entry of order.

After the expiration of ten days from the date of entering such order itshall be unlawful for any animal specified in § 55-306 to run at large withinsuch boundaries, and any person owning or having charge of any such animalwho shall permit the same to run at large within such boundaries shall beguilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor, each day such animal is permitted to run atlarge to constitute a separate offense; and any such animal found running atlarge upon any street, alley, road or other public ground within suchboundaries may be taken up and impounded by any person who may retain suchanimal in his custody until the expense of keeping such animal shall havebeen paid.

(Code 1950, § 8-898; 1977, c. 624; 1979, c. 486.)