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A locality may reduce or waive such bond requirement at its discretion.B\n\nA locality may terminate the bond requirement for a pet shop if such pet shop has operated without interruption for 10 years and the locality has not, during that period, called in whole or in part the cash bond, cash equivalent bond, or acceptable letter of credit.C\n\nIf a pet shop ceases business operations, the locality shall have the right to call any bond provided by the pet shop and utilize the resulting funds as reasonably necessary to protect the welfare of the animals or fish from the bonding pet shop.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":269263,"text":"The governing body of any locality may, by ordinance, require any pet shop offering for sale dogs procured from outside of the Commonwealth to furnish a cash bond, cash equivalent bond, or acceptable letter of credit of not less than $5,000 for a pet shop maintaining for sale an average of 50 or fewer dogs per year and not more than $30,000 for a pet shop maintaining for sale an average of 51 or more dogs per year. A locality may reduce or waive such bond requirement at its discretion.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":269264,"text":"A locality may terminate the bond requirement for a pet shop if such pet shop has operated without interruption for 10 years and the locality has not, during that period, called in whole or in part the cash bond, cash equivalent bond, or acceptable letter of credit.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":269265,"text":"If a pet shop ceases business operations, the locality shall have the right to call any bond provided by the pet shop and utilize the resulting funds as reasonably necessary to protect the welfare of the animals or fish from the bonding pet shop.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13171,"edition_id":1,"name":"Authority of Local Governing Bodies","identifier":"6","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13170,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:23","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:23","permalink":{"id":198807,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13171,"identifier":"6","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/6","url":"\/3.2\/V\/65\/6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13170,"edition_id":1,"name":"Comprehensive Animal Care","identifier":"65","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13169,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:23","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:23","permalink":{"id":198459,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13170,"identifier":"65","token":"3.2\/V\/65","url":"\/3.2\/V\/65\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13169,"edition_id":1,"name":"Domestic Animals","identifier":"V","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12793,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:23","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:23","permalink":{"id":198133,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13169,"identifier":"V","token":"3.2\/V","url":"\/3.2\/V\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12793,"edition_id":1,"name":"Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food","identifier":"3.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":193939,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12793,"identifier":"3.2","token":"3.2","url":"\/3.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":81839,"structure_id":13171,"section_number":"3.2-6537","catch_line":"Ordinances; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0272\">272<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":198813,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74955,"identifier":"3.2-6537.1","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/6\/3.2-6537.1","url":"\/3.2-6537.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6537.1\/","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/6\/3.2-6537.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Cash bond for a pet shop obtaining certain dogs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6537.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The governing body of any locality may, by <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span>, require any <span class=\"dictionary\">pet shop<\/span> offering for sale dogs procured from outside of the Commonwealth to furnish a cash <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span>, cash equivalent <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span>, or acceptable letter of credit of not less than $5,000 for a <span class=\"dictionary\">pet shop<\/span> maintaining for sale an average of 50 or fewer dogs per year and not more than $30,000 for a <span class=\"dictionary\">pet shop<\/span> maintaining for sale an average of 51 or more dogs per year. A locality may reduce or <span class=\"dictionary\">waive<\/span> such <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span> requirement at its discretion. <a id=\"paragraph-269263\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-6537.1\/#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> A locality may terminate the <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span> requirement for a <span class=\"dictionary\">pet shop<\/span> if such <span class=\"dictionary\">pet shop<\/span> has operated without interruption for 10 years and the locality has not, during that period, called in whole or in part the cash <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span>, cash equivalent <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span>, or acceptable letter of credit. <a id=\"paragraph-269264\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-6537.1\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> If a <span class=\"dictionary\">pet shop<\/span> ceases business operations, the locality shall have the right to call any <span class=\"dictionary\">bond<\/span> provided by the <span class=\"dictionary\">pet shop<\/span> and utilize the resulting funds as reasonably necessary to protect the welfare of the <span class=\"dictionary\">animals<\/span> or fish from the bonding <span class=\"dictionary\">pet shop<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-269265\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-6537.1\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCASH BOND FOR A PET SHOP OBTAINING CERTAIN DOGS (\u00a7 3.2-6537.1)\n\nA. The governing body of any locality may, by ordinance, require any pet shop\noffering for sale dogs procured from outside of the Commonwealth to furnish a\ncash bond, cash equivalent bond, or acceptable letter of credit of not less than\n$5,000 for a pet shop maintaining for sale an average of 50 or fewer dogs per\nyear and not more than $30,000 for a pet shop maintaining for sale an average of\n51 or more dogs per year. A locality may reduce or waive such bond requirement\nat its discretion.\n\nB. A locality may terminate the bond requirement for a pet shop if such pet shop\nhas operated without interruption for 10 years and the locality has not, during\nthat period, called in whole or in part the cash bond, cash equivalent bond, or\nacceptable letter of credit.\n\nC. If a pet shop ceases business operations, the locality shall have the right\nto call any bond provided by the pet shop and utilize the resulting funds as\nreasonably necessary to protect the welfare of the animals or fish from the\nbonding pet shop.\n\nHISTORY: 2018, c. 272.","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}}