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It has been modified 4 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 1964, chapter 476; in 1966, chapter 702; in 1980, chapter 291; in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":195817,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71467,"identifier":"3.2-3802","token":"3.2\/III\/38\/3.2-3802","url":"\/3.2-3802\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3802\/","token":"3.2\/III\/38\/3.2-3802","dublin_core":{"Title":"Permit required to sell or transport plant pests","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3802","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>It is unlawful to sell, barter, offer for sale, move, transport, deliver, ship, or offer for shipment any <span class=\"dictionary\">plant pests<\/span> without a permit from the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> stating that such <span class=\"dictionary\">plant pests<\/span> are: (i) not injurious; (ii) generally present already; or (iii) to be used for scientific purposes subject to specified safeguards.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERMIT REQUIRED TO SELL OR TRANSPORT PLANT PESTS (\u00a7 3.2-3802)\n\nIt is unlawful to sell, barter, offer for sale, move, transport, deliver, ship,\nor offer for shipment any plant pests without a permit from the Commissioner\nstating that such plant pests are: (i) not injurious; (ii) generally present\nalready; or (iii) to be used for scientific purposes subject to specified\nsafeguards.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 3-178.14; 1964, c. 476; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-148; 1980,\nc. 291, \u00a7 3.1-188.42; 2008, c. 860.","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}}