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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 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":false,"permalink":{"id":194329,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58426,"identifier":"3.2-805","token":"3.2\/I\/8\/3.2-805","url":"\/3.2-805\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-805\/","token":"3.2\/I\/8\/3.2-805","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority to stop sale or delivery of noxious weeds","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-805","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commissioner<\/span>, in order<\/span> to prevent the introduction or dissemination of noxious weeds<\/span>, may stop delivery, stop sale, seize, destroy, treat, or order<\/span> returned to the point of origin, at the owner’s expense, any noxious weed<\/span>, article, or substance whatsoever, if transported or moved within the Commonwealth, or if existing on any premises, or brought into the Commonwealth from any place outside thereof, if such is found by him to be infested<\/span> with any noxious weed<\/span> subject to the provisions of this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY TO STOP SALE OR DELIVERY OF NOXIOUS WEEDS (\u00a7 3.2-805)\n\nThe Commissioner, in order to prevent the introduction or dissemination of\nnoxious weeds, may stop delivery, stop sale, seize, destroy, treat, or order\nreturned to the point of origin, at the owner’s expense, any noxious weed,\narticle, or substance whatsoever, if transported or moved within the\nCommonwealth, or if existing on any premises, or brought into the Commonwealth\nfrom any place outside thereof, if such is found by him to be infested with any\nnoxious weed subject to the provisions of this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 175, \u00a7 3.1-296.17; 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}}