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This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 841<\/a> 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. 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":82320,"section_number":"3.2-6585","catch_line":"Dogs and cats deemed personal property; rights relating thereto","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6585\/"}],"permalink":{"id":198537,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64675,"identifier":"3.2-6586","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/12\/3.2-6586","url":"\/3.2-6586\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6586\/","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/12\/3.2-6586","dublin_core":{"Title":"Dog injuring or killing other companion animals","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6586","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The owner<\/span> of any companion animal<\/span> that is injured or killed by a dog shall be entitled to recover damages<\/span> consistent with the provisions of \u00a7 3.2-6585<\/a> from the owner<\/span> of such dog in an appropriate action at law<\/span> if: (i) the injury occurred on the premises of the companion animal<\/span>’s owner<\/span>; and (ii) the owner<\/span> of the offending dog did not have the permission of the companion animal<\/span>’s owner<\/span> for the dog to be on the premises at the time of the attack.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDOG INJURING OR KILLING OTHER COMPANION ANIMALS (\u00a7 3.2-6586)\n\nThe owner of any companion animal that is injured or killed by a dog shall be\nentitled to recover damages consistent with the provisions of \u00a7 3.2-6585 from\nthe owner of such dog in an appropriate action at law if: (i) the injury\noccurred on the premises of the companion animal’s owner; and (ii) the\nowner of the offending dog did not have the permission of the companion\nanimal’s owner for the dog to be on the premises at the time of the\nattack.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 841, \u00a7 3.1-796.127:1; 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}}