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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 1986, chapter 362; in 1987, chapter 488; in 1998, chapter 817<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":198943,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75029,"identifier":"3.2-6560","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/7\/3.2-6560","url":"\/3.2-6560\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6560\/","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/7\/3.2-6560","dublin_core":{"Title":"Expenses of humane investigators","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6560","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Neither the appointment of any humane investigator<\/span>, nor the performance of any service or duty by him, shall require any locality or the Commonwealth to pay any cost or expense incurred by or on behalf of a humane investigator<\/span>. Any locality may reimburse any humane investigator<\/span> appointed for that locality for reasonable expenses incurred as the result of a specific request for services from the locality.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXPENSES OF HUMANE INVESTIGATORS (\u00a7 3.2-6560)\n\nNeither the appointment of any humane investigator, nor the performance of any\nservice or duty by him, shall require any locality or the Commonwealth to pay\nany cost or expense incurred by or on behalf of a humane investigator. Any\nlocality may reimburse any humane investigator appointed for that locality for\nreasonable expenses incurred as the result of a specific request for services\nfrom the locality.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 492, \u00a7 29-213.79; 1986, c. 362; 1987, c. 488, \u00a7 3.1-796.110;\n1998, c. 817; 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}}