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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP1007\">1007<\/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. 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 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>; in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0148\">148<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":198901,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85287,"identifier":"3.2-6550","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/6\/3.2-6550","url":"\/3.2-6550\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6550\/","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/6\/3.2-6550","dublin_core":{"Title":"Requirements for foster homes; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6550","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In addition to any other requirements of this chapter, <span class=\"dictionary\">foster homes<\/span> shall be subject to the following:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> No <span class=\"dictionary\">foster home<\/span> shall be operated in violation of any local zoning <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span>; and <a id=\"paragraph-305601\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-6550\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> No private residential dwelling and its surrounding grounds that serves as a <span class=\"dictionary\">foster home<\/span> shall keep more than 50 <span class=\"dictionary\">companion animals<\/span> on site at one time.\n\t\t\tAny <span class=\"dictionary\">foster home<\/span> found in violation of this section may be subject to a civil <span class=\"dictionary\">penalty<\/span> not to exceed $250. <a id=\"paragraph-305602\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-6550\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREQUIREMENTS FOR FOSTER HOMES; PENALTY (\u00a7 3.2-6550)\n\nIn addition to any other requirements of this chapter, foster homes shall be\nsubject to the following:\n\n1. No foster home shall be operated in violation of any local zoning ordinance;\nand\n\n2. No private residential dwelling and its surrounding grounds that serves as a\nfoster home shall keep more than 50 companion animals on site at one time.\n\t\t\tAny foster home found in violation of this section may be subject to a civil\npenalty not to exceed $250.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 1007, \u00a7 3.1-796.96:6; 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}}