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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 <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":198493,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72484,"identifier":"3.2-6577","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/10\/3.2-6577","url":"\/3.2-6577\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6577\/","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/10\/3.2-6577","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notification concerning lost, stolen or dead dogs or cats; civil penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6577","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If an adopted dog or cat is lost or stolen or dies before the <span class=\"dictionary\">animal<\/span> is sterilized and before the date by which the dog or cat is required to be sterilized, the <span class=\"dictionary\">new owner<\/span> shall, within seven days of the <span class=\"dictionary\">animal<\/span>&#8217;s disappearance or death, notify the <span class=\"dictionary\">releasing agency<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">animal<\/span>&#8217;s disappearance or death. 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