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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 4 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 1993, chapter 817; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>; in 2017, chapters 559<\/a> and 567<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":198787,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84654,"identifier":"3.2-6532","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/5\/3.2-6532","url":"\/3.2-6532\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6532\/","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/5\/3.2-6532","dublin_core":{"Title":"Duplicate license tags","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6532","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If a dog or cat license tag is lost, destroyed or stolen, the owner<\/span> or custodian shall at once apply to the treasurer<\/span> or his agent who issued the original license for a duplicate license tag, presenting the original license receipt. Upon affidavit<\/span> of the owner<\/span> or custodian before the treasurer<\/span> or his agent that the original license tag has been lost, destroyed or stolen, he shall issue<\/span> a duplicate license tag that the owner<\/span> or custodian shall immediately affix to the collar<\/span> of the dog. The treasurer<\/span> or his agent shall endorse the number of the duplicate and the date issued on the face of the original license receipt. The fee for a duplicate tag for any dog or cat shall not exceed $1.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDUPLICATE LICENSE TAGS (\u00a7 3.2-6532)\n\nIf a dog or cat license tag is lost, destroyed or stolen, the owner or custodian\nshall at once apply to the treasurer or his agent who issued the original\nlicense for a duplicate license tag, presenting the original license receipt.\nUpon affidavit of the owner or custodian before the treasurer or his agent that\nthe original license tag has been lost, destroyed or stolen, he shall issue a\nduplicate license tag that the owner or custodian shall immediately affix to the\ncollar of the dog. The treasurer or his agent shall endorse the number of the\nduplicate and the date issued on the face of the original license receipt. The\nfee for a duplicate tag for any dog or cat shall not exceed $1.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 492, \u00a7 29-213.61; 1987, c. 488, \u00a7 3.1-796.91; 1993, c. 817;\n2008, c. 860; 2017, cc. 559, 567.","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}}