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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 1960, chapter 250; in 1966, chapter 702; 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":196719,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61505,"identifier":"3.2-4716","token":"3.2\/III\/47\/2\/3.2-4716","url":"\/3.2-4716\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-4716\/","token":"3.2\/III\/47\/2\/3.2-4716","dublin_core":{"Title":"Bond not required for certain auction sales of livestock","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-4716","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span> shall be required of any person operating a livestock auction market or stockyard that has been posted by the U.S. <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of Agriculture and is being operated under and pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 (42 Stat. 159), as amended.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBOND NOT REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN AUCTION SALES OF LIVESTOCK (\u00a7 3.2-4716)\n\nNo bond shall be required of any person operating a livestock auction market or\nstockyard that has been posted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and is\nbeing operated under and pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Packers and\nStockyards Act of 1921 (42 Stat. 159), as amended.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 3-541; 1960, c. 250; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-699; 2008, c.\n860.","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}}