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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":198501,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84986,"identifier":"3.2-6579","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/10\/3.2-6579","url":"\/3.2-6579\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6579\/","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/10\/3.2-6579","dublin_core":{"Title":"Releasing agency; fees and deposits","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6579","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A local governing body or <span class=\"dictionary\">releasing agency<\/span> may charge and collect from the <span class=\"dictionary\">new owner<\/span> a fee or deposit before releasing a dog or cat for <span class=\"dictionary\">adoption<\/span> to ensure <span class=\"dictionary\">sterilization<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRELEASING AGENCY; FEES AND DEPOSITS (\u00a7 3.2-6579)\n\nA local governing body or releasing agency may charge and collect from the new\nowner a fee or deposit before releasing a dog or cat for adoption to ensure\nsterilization.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 959, \u00a7 3.1-796.126:6; 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}}