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The locality shall use the funds for the following purposes:\n\n1\n\nThe salary and expenses of the animal control officer and necessary staff;2\n\nThe care and maintenance of a public animal shelter;3\n\nThe maintenance of a rabies control program;4\n\nPayments as a bounty to any person neutering or spaying a dog up to the amount of one year of the license tax as provided by ordinance;5\n\nPayments for compensation as provided in § 3.2-6553; and6\n\nEfforts to promote sterilization of dogs and cats.\n\t\t\tAny part or all of any surplus remaining in such account on December 31 of any year may be transferred by the governing body of such locality into the general fund of such locality.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":302218,"text":"Unless otherwise provided by ordinance of the local governing body, the treasurer of each locality shall keep all moneys collected by him for dog and cat license taxes in a separate account from all other funds collected by him. 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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 5 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 959; in 1998, chapter 817<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 148<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":67692,"section_number":"3.2-6535","catch_line":"Supplemental funds","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6535\/"},{"id":81839,"section_number":"3.2-6537","catch_line":"Ordinances; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6537\/"},{"id":75887,"section_number":"3.2-6538","catch_line":"Governing body of any locality may prohibit dogs from running at large; civil penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6538\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":74206,"section_number":"3.2-6553","catch_line":"Compensation for livestock and poultry killed by dogs","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6553\/"}],"permalink":{"id":198795,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84310,"identifier":"3.2-6534","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/5\/3.2-6534","url":"\/3.2-6534\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6534\/","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/5\/3.2-6534","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disposition of funds","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6534","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Unless otherwise provided by ordinance<\/span> of the local governing body, the treasurer<\/span> of each locality shall keep all moneys collected by him for dog and cat license taxes in a separate account from all other funds collected by him. The locality shall use the funds for the following purposes:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The salary and expenses of the animal control officer<\/span> and necessary staff; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The care<\/span> and maintenance of a public animal shelter<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The maintenance of a rabies control program; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Payments as a bounty to any person neutering or spaying a dog up to the amount of one year of the license tax as provided by ordinance<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Payments for compensation as provided in § 3.2-6553<\/a>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> Efforts to promote sterilization<\/span> of dogs and cats.\n\t\t\tAny part or all of any surplus remaining in such account on December 31 of any year may be transferred by the governing body of such locality into the general fund of such locality. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISPOSITION OF FUNDS (\u00a7 3.2-6534)\n\nUnless otherwise provided by ordinance of the local governing body, the\ntreasurer of each locality shall keep all moneys collected by him for dog and\ncat license taxes in a separate account from all other funds collected by him.\nThe locality shall use the funds for the following purposes:\n\n1. The salary and expenses of the animal control officer and necessary staff;\n\n2. The care and maintenance of a public animal shelter;\n\n3. The maintenance of a rabies control program;\n\n4. Payments as a bounty to any person neutering or spaying a dog up to the\namount of one year of the license tax as provided by ordinance;\n\n5. Payments for compensation as provided in § 3.2-6553; and\n\n6. Efforts to promote sterilization of dogs and cats.\n\t\t\tAny part or all of any surplus remaining in such account on December 31 of\nany year may be transferred by the governing body of such locality into the\ngeneral fund of such locality.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 492, \u00a7 29-213.70; 1987, c. 488, \u00a7 3.1-796.101; 1993, c. 959;\n1998, c. 817; 2008, c. 860; 2014, c. 148.","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}}