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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 175 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 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 2008, chapter 860<\/a>; in 2023, chapter 153<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":59545,"section_number":"3.2-802","catch_line":"Powers and duties of Board; quarantine","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-802\/"}],"permalink":{"id":194325,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54218,"identifier":"3.2-804","token":"3.2\/I\/8\/3.2-804","url":"\/3.2-804\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-804\/","token":"3.2\/I\/8\/3.2-804","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prohibited acts; noxious weeds","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-804","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No person<\/span> shall violate any provisions of this chapter or any regulation adopted hereunder. If the Board<\/span> requires a person<\/span> to obtain a permit<\/span> pursuant to subsection B of \u00a7 3.2-802<\/a>, such person<\/span> shall obtain such permit<\/span> prior to moving, transporting, delivering, shipping, offering for shipment, selling, or offering for sale into or within the Commonwealth a noxious weed<\/span> or part thereof. Such permit<\/span> shall be subject to prescribed safeguards.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROHIBITED ACTS; NOXIOUS WEEDS (\u00a7 3.2-804)\n\nNo person shall violate any provisions of this chapter or any regulation adopted\nhereunder. If the Board requires a person to obtain a permit pursuant to\nsubsection B of \u00a7 3.2-802, such person shall obtain such permit prior to\nmoving, transporting, delivering, shipping, offering for shipment, selling, or\noffering for sale into or within the Commonwealth a noxious weed or part\nthereof. Such permit shall be subject to prescribed safeguards.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 175, \u00a7 3.1-296.16; 2008, c. 860; 2023, c. 153.","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}}