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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP0646\">646<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?991+ful+CHAP0678\">678<\/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 <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":198549,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64958,"identifier":"3.2-6589","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/12\/3.2-6589","url":"\/3.2-6589\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6589\/","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/12\/3.2-6589","dublin_core":{"Title":"Selling garments containing dog or cat fur prohibited; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6589","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>It is unlawful for any person to sell a garment containing the hide, fur, or pelt that he knows to be that of a domestic dog or cat. 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