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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 959 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 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":70938,"section_number":"3.2-6574","catch_line":"Sterilization of adopted dogs and cats; enforcement; civil penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6574\/"}],"permalink":{"id":198485,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60449,"identifier":"3.2-6575","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/10\/3.2-6575","url":"\/3.2-6575\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6575\/","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/10\/3.2-6575","dublin_core":{"Title":"Sterilization agreement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6575","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any agreement used by a releasing agency<\/span> pursuant to subsection B of \u00a7 3.2-6574<\/a> shall contain:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The date of the agreement; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The names, addresses, and signatures of the releasing agency<\/span> and the new owner<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> A description of the dog or cat to be adopted; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> The date by which the dog or cat is required to be sterilized; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> A statement printed in conspicuous, bold print, that sterilization<\/span> of the dog or cat is required under this article; that a person who violates this article is subject to a civil penalty<\/span>; and that the new owner<\/span> may be compelled to comply with the provisions of this article. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTERILIZATION AGREEMENT (\u00a7 3.2-6575)\n\nAny agreement used by a releasing agency pursuant to subsection B of \u00a7 3.2-6574\nshall contain:\n\n1. The date of the agreement;\n\n2. The names, addresses, and signatures of the releasing agency and the new\nowner;\n\n3. A description of the dog or cat to be adopted;\n\n4. The date by which the dog or cat is required to be sterilized; and\n\n5. A statement printed in conspicuous, bold print, that sterilization of the dog\nor cat is required under this article; that a person who violates this article\nis subject to a civil penalty; and that the new owner may be compelled to comply\nwith the provisions of this article.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 959, \u00a7 3.1-796.126:2; 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}}