56-439.1 - Notice of injury or death of certain livestock; penalty. - Virginia Statutes

§ 56-439.1. Notice of injury or death of certain livestock; penalty.

Whenever any horses, cattle, or other livestock are injured or killed by thecars or locomotives operating on a railroad, the section master or employeeof the railroad having charge of the road at the place where the injury ordeath occurred shall, if he knows of the incident or should have known of it,within seventy-two hours, notify the owner of the animal or animals or thelocal law-enforcement agency of the injury or death and the location of theincident in relationship to state routes as well as railroad mile posts.Disposal of any such animal or animals without proper notification shallconstitute a Class 1 misdemeanor.

(1994, c. 352.)