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It has been modified 4 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1964, chapter 476; in 1966, chapter 702; in 1980, chapter 291; 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":194293,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72563,"identifier":"3.2-712","token":"3.2\/I\/7\/1\/3.2-712","url":"\/3.2-712\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-712\/","token":"3.2\/I\/7\/1\/3.2-712","dublin_core":{"Title":"Permit required to sell and transport plant pests","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-712","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> shall sell, barter, offer for sale, <span class=\"dictionary\">move<\/span>, transport, deliver, ship, or offer for shipment into or within the Commonwealth any plant <span class=\"dictionary\">pests<\/span> in any living stage without first obtaining a <span class=\"dictionary\">permit<\/span> from the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span>. Such <span class=\"dictionary\">permit<\/span> shall be issued only after it has been determined that the plant <span class=\"dictionary\">pests<\/span> are not injurious, are generally present already, or are for scientific purposes subject to specified safeguards.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERMIT REQUIRED TO SELL AND TRANSPORT PLANT PESTS (\u00a7 3.2-712)\n\nNo person shall sell, barter, offer for sale, move, transport, deliver, ship, or\noffer for shipment into or within the Commonwealth any plant pests in any living\nstage without first obtaining a permit from the Commissioner. Such permit shall\nbe issued only after it has been determined that the plant pests are not\ninjurious, are generally present already, or are for scientific purposes subject\nto specified safeguards.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 3-178.14; 1964, c. 476; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-188.31:1;\n1980, c. 291; 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}}