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If the owner fails to do so, any judge of a general district court, after notice to the owner if he can be ascertained, shall cause any such dead animal or fowl to be cremated or buried by an officer or other person designated for the purpose. Such officer or other person shall be entitled to recover of the owner of every such animal or fowl that is cremated or buried the actual cost of the cremation or burial and a reasonable fee to be recovered in the same manner as officers’ fees are recovered, free from all exemptions in favor of such owner. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.\n\t\tNothing in this section shall be deemed to require the burial or cremation of the whole or portions of any animal or fowl which is to be used for food or in any commercial manner.\n\t\tThis section shall not apply to any county until the governing body thereof shall adopt the same.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":198825,"text":"When the owner of any animal or grown fowl which has died knows of such death, such owner shall forthwith have its body cremated or buried or request such service from an officer or other person designated for the purpose. If the owner fails to do so, any judge of a general district court, after notice to the owner if he can be ascertained, shall cause any such dead animal or fowl to be cremated or buried by an officer or other person designated for the purpose. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1979, chapter 716; in 1981, chapter 578; in 2008, chapter 345<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":164665,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54173,"identifier":"18.2-510","token":"18.2\/12\/3\/18.2-510","url":"\/18.2-510\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-510\/","token":"18.2\/12\/3\/18.2-510","dublin_core":{"Title":"Burial or cremation of animals or fowls which have died","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-510","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When the owner of any animal or grown fowl which has died knows of such death, such owner shall forthwith have its body cremated or buried or request such service from an officer or other person designated for the purpose. If the owner fails to do so, any judge<\/span> of a general district court<\/span>, after notice to the owner if he can be ascertained, shall cause any such dead animal or fowl to be cremated or buried by an officer or other person designated for the purpose. Such officer or other person shall be entitled to recover of the owner of every such animal or fowl that is cremated or buried the actual cost of the cremation or burial and a reasonable fee to be recovered in the same manner as officers’ fees are recovered, free from all exemptions in favor of such owner. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor<\/span>.\n\t\tNothing in this section shall be deemed to require the burial or cremation of the whole or portions of any animal or fowl which is to be used for food or in any commercial manner.\n\t\tThis section shall not apply to any county until the governing body thereof shall adopt the same.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBURIAL OR CREMATION OF ANIMALS OR FOWLS WHICH HAVE DIED (\u00a7 18.2-510)\n\nWhen the owner of any animal or grown fowl which has died knows of such death,\nsuch owner shall forthwith have its body cremated or buried or request such\nservice from an officer or other person designated for the purpose. If the owner\nfails to do so, any judge of a general district court, after notice to the owner\nif he can be ascertained, shall cause any such dead animal or fowl to be\ncremated or buried by an officer or other person designated for the purpose.\nSuch officer or other person shall be entitled to recover of the owner of every\nsuch animal or fowl that is cremated or buried the actual cost of the cremation\nor burial and a reasonable fee to be recovered in the same manner as\nofficers’ fees are recovered, free from all exemptions in favor of such\nowner. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a\nClass 4 misdemeanor.\n\t\tNothing in this section shall be deemed to require the burial or cremation of\nthe whole or portions of any animal or fowl which is to be used for food or in\nany commercial manner.\n\t\tThis section shall not apply to any county until the governing body thereof\nshall adopt the same.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-70; 1979, c. 716; 1981, c. 578; 2008, c. 345.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}