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This law was first created in 2006. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 443<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":198165,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65604,"identifier":"3.2-5905","token":"3.2\/V\/59\/3.2-5905","url":"\/3.2-5905\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5905\/","token":"3.2\/V\/59\/3.2-5905","dublin_core":{"Title":"Compensation for animals slaughtered or animals or animal products destroyed to control or eradicate an animal disease outbreak","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5905","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When, in the judgment<\/span> of the State Veterinarian<\/span>, it is necessary for the control or eradication of an animal<\/span> disease outbreak to slaughter or destroy animals<\/span> or destroy animal<\/span> products affected with or exposed to such disease and when the Commissioner<\/span> determines that there should be compensation to owners and, when applicable, individuals contracted by the owners to produce such animals<\/span> or animal<\/span> products for loss thereof, the Commissioner<\/span>, with the approval of the Governor and the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, may, within his discretion, use funds so appropriated to pay to the appropriate persons a portion of the difference between the appraised value of each animal<\/span> destroyed or slaughtered or animal<\/span> product destroyed and the total value of the salvage thereof and any compensation made for each animal<\/span> or animal<\/span> product by the federal government.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMPENSATION FOR ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED OR ANIMALS OR ANIMAL PRODUCTS DESTROYED TO\nCONTROL OR ERADICATE AN ANIMAL DISEASE OUTBREAK (\u00a7 3.2-5905)\n\nWhen, in the judgment of the State Veterinarian, it is necessary for the control\nor eradication of an animal disease outbreak to slaughter or destroy animals or\ndestroy animal products affected with or exposed to such disease and when the\nCommissioner determines that there should be compensation to owners and, when\napplicable, individuals contracted by the owners to produce such animals or\nanimal products for loss thereof, the Commissioner, with the approval of the\nGovernor and the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, may, within his\ndiscretion, use funds so appropriated to pay to the appropriate persons a\nportion of the difference between the appraised value of each animal destroyed\nor slaughtered or animal product destroyed and the total value of the salvage\nthereof and any compensation made for each animal or animal product by the\nfederal government.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, c. 443, \u00a7 3.1-741.7; 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}}