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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, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":82977,"section_number":"59.1-200","catch_line":"Prohibited practices","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-200\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":72085,"section_number":"3.2-6512","catch_line":"Sale without pet dealer's animal history certificate violation of Consumer Protection Act; contents of certificate","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6512\/"},{"id":56198,"section_number":"59.1-196","catch_line":"Title","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-196\/"}],"permalink":{"id":198699,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75230,"identifier":"3.2-6513","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/3\/3.2-6513","url":"\/3.2-6513\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6513\/","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/3\/3.2-6513","dublin_core":{"Title":"Inclusion of false or misleading statements in certificate violation of Consumer Protection Act","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6513","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

It shall be a violation of the Virginia Consumer<\/span> Protection Act (\u00a7 59.1-196<\/a> et seq.) for a pet dealer<\/span> to include in the pet dealer<\/span>’s animal<\/span> history certificate provided for in \u00a7 3.2-6512<\/a> any false or misleading statement regarding the information to be contained therein.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINCLUSION OF FALSE OR MISLEADING STATEMENTS IN CERTIFICATE VIOLATION OF CONSUMER\nPROTECTION ACT (\u00a7 3.2-6513)\n\nIt shall be a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act (\u00a7 59.1-196 et\nseq.) for a pet dealer to include in the pet dealer’s animal history\ncertificate provided for in \u00a7 3.2-6512 any false or misleading statement\nregarding the information to be contained therein.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 492, \u00a7 29-213.49; 1987, c. 488, \u00a7 3.1-796.79; 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}}