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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0822\">822<\/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 <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":71337,"section_number":"3.2-6036","catch_line":"Department may issue, deny, and revoke licenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6036\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":198339,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66667,"identifier":"3.2-6040","token":"3.2\/V\/60\/4\/3.2-6040","url":"\/3.2-6040\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6040\/","token":"3.2\/V\/60\/4\/3.2-6040","dublin_core":{"Title":"Limitation on animals to be held","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6040","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In no instance shall any <span class=\"dictionary\">animals<\/span> other than goats of the genus Capri, sheep of the genera Ammotragus and Ovis, and hogs of the genus Sus, be held in <span class=\"dictionary\">enclosures<\/span>. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall delineate the specific species of goats, sheep, and hogs that shall be allowed to be held in an <span class=\"dictionary\">enclosure<\/span>. The importation, <span class=\"dictionary\">possession<\/span>, and shooting of these <span class=\"dictionary\">animals<\/span> shall be in accordance with state and federal <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> and regulations.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIMITATION ON ANIMALS TO BE HELD (\u00a7 3.2-6040)\n\nIn no instance shall any animals other than goats of the genus Capri, sheep of\nthe genera Ammotragus and Ovis, and hogs of the genus Sus, be held in\nenclosures. The Board shall delineate the specific species of goats, sheep, and\nhogs that shall be allowed to be held in an enclosure. The importation,\npossession, and shooting of these animals shall be in accordance with state and\nfederal laws and regulations.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 822, \u00a7 3.1-763.5:6; 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}}