§ 3.2-6509. Misrepresentation of animal’s condition; penalties
No person shall misrepresent the physical condition of any animal at the animal’s sale, trade, delivery, or other method of transfer. For the purpose of this section, misrepresentation shall include selling, trading, delivering or otherwise transferring an animal to another person with the knowledge that the animal has an infection, communicable disease, parasitic infestation, abnormality […]
§ 3.2-6509.1. Disclosure of animal bite history; penalties
A. Any custodian of a releasing agency, animal control officer, law-enforcement officer, or humane investigator, upon taking custody of any dog or cat in the course of his official duties, shall ask and document whether, if known, the dog or cat has bitten a person or other animal and the circumstances and date of such […]
§ 3.2-6507.5. Penalty
Any commercial dog breeder violating any provision of this article is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. 2008, c. 852, § 3.1-796.77:5.
§ 3.2-6507.1. Business license required
No commercial dog breeder shall breed dogs in the Commonwealth without a valid business license issued by any locality, as applicable, where he maintains dogs for the purpose of commercial dog breeding. 2008, c. 852, § 3.1-796.77:1.
§ 3.2-6507.2. Commercial dog breeding; requirements
Commercial dog breeders shall: 1. Maintain no more than 50 dogs over the age of one year at any time for breeding purposes. However, a higher number of dogs may be allowed if approved by local ordinance after a public hearing. Any such ordinance may include additional requirements for commercial breeding operations; 2. Breed female […]
§ 3.2-6507.3. Right of entry
A. The Commissioner, the State Veterinarian or his assistant, any animal control officer, and any public health or safety official employed by the locality where a commercial dog breeder resides or maintains breeding operations may, upon receiving a complaint or upon his own motion, investigate any violation of the provisions of this chapter. Such investigation […]
§ 3.2-6507.4. Concurrent operation of releasing agency prohibited
It is unlawful for a commercial dog breeder to operate or maintain a controlling interest in any releasing agency. 2008, c. 852, § 3.1-796.77:4.
§ 3.2-6504. Abandonment of animal; penalty
No person shall abandon or dump any animal. Violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the release of an animal by its owner to a public or private animal shelter or other releasing agency. 1984, c. 492, § 29-213.43; 1987, c. 488, § 3.1-796.73; […]
§ 3.2-6504.1. Civil immunity; forcible entry of motor vehicle to remove unattended companion animal
No law-enforcement officer as defined in § 9.1-101, firefighter as defined in § 65.2-102, emergency medical services personnel as defined in § 32.1-111.1, or animal control officer who in good faith forcibly enters a motor vehicle in order to remove an unattended companion animal that is at risk of serious bodily injury or death shall […]
§ 3.2-6505. Disposal of animals by means of decompression chamber and use of gas chamber for companion animals prohibited
A. No animal shall be euthanized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter by means of a high altitude decompression chamber. B. No companion animal shall be euthanized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter by means of a gas chamber. 1984, c. 492, § 29-213.47; 1987, c. 488, § 3.1-796.77; 2008, cc. 8, 860.