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action by veterinarian","url":"\/3.2-6507\/","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/2\/3.2-6507","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":64111,"structure_id":13261,"section_number":"3.2-6504.1","catch_line":"Civil immunity; forcible entry of motor vehicle to remove unattended companion animal","url":"\/3.2-6504.1\/","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/2\/3.2-6504.1","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":66794,"structure_id":13261,"section_number":"3.2-6506","catch_line":"Exceptions regarding veterinarians","url":"\/3.2-6506\/","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/2\/3.2-6506","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/3.2-6505\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1984. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 492 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. Unfortunately, the 1984 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1987, chapter 488; in 2008, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0008\">8<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":198623,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73731,"identifier":"3.2-6505","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/2\/3.2-6505","url":"\/3.2-6505\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6505\/","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/2\/3.2-6505","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disposal of animals by means of decompression chamber and use of gas chamber for companion animals prohibited","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6505","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> No <span class=\"dictionary\">animal<\/span> shall be euthanized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter by means of a high altitude decompression chamber. <a id=\"paragraph-265168\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-6505\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> No <span class=\"dictionary\">companion animal<\/span> shall be euthanized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter by means of a gas chamber. <a id=\"paragraph-265169\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-6505\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISPOSAL OF ANIMALS BY MEANS OF DECOMPRESSION CHAMBER AND USE OF GAS CHAMBER FOR\nCOMPANION ANIMALS PROHIBITED (\u00a7 3.2-6505)\n\nA. No animal shall be euthanized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter by\nmeans of a high altitude decompression chamber.\n\nB. No companion animal shall be euthanized pursuant to the provisions of this\nchapter by means of a gas chamber.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 492, \u00a7 29-213.47; 1987, c. 488, \u00a7 3.1-796.77; 2008, cc. 8,\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}}