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This law was first created in 1954. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 339 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 1954 \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 1987, chapter 488; in 2001, chapter 674<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":75503,"section_number":"3.2-6522","catch_line":"Rabid animals","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6522\/"},{"id":58238,"section_number":"3.2-6525","catch_line":"Regulations to prevent spread of rabies","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6525\/"},{"id":75887,"section_number":"3.2-6538","catch_line":"Governing body of any locality may prohibit dogs from running at large; civil penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6538\/"},{"id":54470,"section_number":"3.2-6539","catch_line":"Ordinance requiring dogs to be kept on leash","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6539\/"},{"id":84667,"section_number":"3.2-6546","catch_line":"County or city public animal shelters; confinement and disposition of animals; affiliation with foster care providers; penalties; injunctive relief","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6546\/"}],"permalink":{"id":202115,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72314,"identifier":"32.1-48.3","token":"32.1\/2\/3.1\/32.1-48.3","url":"\/32.1-48.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-48.3\/","token":"32.1\/2\/3.1\/32.1-48.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regulations of Commissioner covering local ordinances and requirements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-48.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If the governing body of the county or city in which the outbreak exists does not adopt, under \u00a7 3.2-6522<\/a>, subsection A of \u00a7 3.2-6525<\/a>, \u00a7\u00a7 3.2-6538<\/a>, 3.2-6539<\/a>, and 3.2-6546<\/a>, ordinances<\/span>, regulations and measures to prohibit the running at large of dogs and to prevent the spread of rabies, the State Health Commissioner<\/span> is authorized to adopt regulations providing for the matters contained in such sections and to enforce the same in the same manner as if they had been specifically adopted by the governing body of the county or city involved, and the provisions of such sections shall apply mutatis mutandis<\/span> to the regulations adopted by the Commissioner<\/span> hereunder.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGULATIONS OF COMMISSIONER COVERING LOCAL ORDINANCES AND REQUIREMENTS (\u00a7\n32.1-48.3)\n\nIf the governing body of the county or city in which the outbreak exists does\nnot adopt, under \u00a7 3.2-6522, subsection A of \u00a7 3.2-6525, \u00a7\u00a7 3.2-6538,\n3.2-6539, and 3.2-6546, ordinances, regulations and measures to prohibit the\nrunning at large of dogs and to prevent the spread of rabies, the State Health\nCommissioner is authorized to adopt regulations providing for the matters\ncontained in such sections and to enforce the same in the same manner as if they\nhad been specifically adopted by the governing body of the county or city\ninvolved, and the provisions of such sections shall apply mutatis mutandis to\nthe regulations adopted by the Commissioner hereunder.\n\nHISTORY: 1954, c. 339, \u00a7 29-213.3; 1987, c. 488; 2001, c. 674.","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}}