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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 1991, chapter 121; in 1998, chapter 817<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":198981,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79880,"identifier":"3.2-6567","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/8\/3.2-6567","url":"\/3.2-6567\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6567\/","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/8\/3.2-6567","dublin_core":{"Title":"Enforcement authority","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6567","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All law<\/span>-enforcement officers<\/span> in the Commonwealth and State Veterinarian<\/span>’s representatives shall enforce the provisions of this chapter to the same extent other laws<\/span> in the Commonwealth are enforced.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY (\u00a7 3.2-6567)\n\nAll law-enforcement officers in the Commonwealth and State Veterinarian’s\nrepresentatives shall enforce the provisions of this chapter to the same extent\nother laws in the Commonwealth are enforced.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 492, \u00a7 29-213.81; 1987, c. 488, \u00a7 3.1-796.112; 1991, c. 121;\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}}