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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 855 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 1988 \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 1990, chapter 366.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":261239,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79191,"identifier":"59.1-400","token":"59.1\/29\/6\/59.1-400","url":"\/59.1-400\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-400\/","token":"59.1\/29\/6\/59.1-400","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prohibited acts, administration of drugs, etc.; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-400","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person<\/span> who, with the intent<\/span> to defraud, acts to alter the outcome of a race by (i) the administration of any substance foreign to the natural horse, except those substances specifically permitted by the regulations of the Virginia Racing Commission<\/span>, or (ii) the use of any device, electrical or otherwise, except those specifically permitted by the regulations of the Virginia Racing Commission<\/span>, shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony<\/span>.\n\t\tAny person<\/span> who, with the intent<\/span> to defraud, influences or conspires with another to alter the outcome of a race by (i) the administration of any substance foreign to the natural horse, except those substances specifically permitted by the regulations of the Virginia Racing Commission<\/span>, or (ii) the use of any device, electrical or otherwise, except those specifically permitted by the regulations of the Virginia Racing Commission<\/span>, shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony<\/span>.\n\t\tAny person<\/span> who (i) administers any substance foreign to the natural horse, except those substances specifically permitted by the regulations of the Virginia Racing Commission<\/span>, when the horse is entered to start, or (ii) at any time, exposes any substance foreign to the natural horse with the intent<\/span> of impeding or increasing the speed, endurance, health, or condition of a horse, shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROHIBITED ACTS, ADMINISTRATION OF DRUGS, ETC.; PENALTY (\u00a7 59.1-400)\n\nAny person who, with the intent to defraud, acts to alter the outcome of a race\nby (i) the administration of any substance foreign to the natural horse, except\nthose substances specifically permitted by the regulations of the Virginia\nRacing Commission, or (ii) the use of any device, electrical or otherwise,\nexcept those specifically permitted by the regulations of the Virginia Racing\nCommission, shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.\n\t\tAny person who, with the intent to defraud, influences or conspires with\nanother to alter the outcome of a race by (i) the administration of any\nsubstance foreign to the natural horse, except those substances specifically\npermitted by the regulations of the Virginia Racing Commission, or (ii) the use\nof any device, electrical or otherwise, except those specifically permitted by\nthe regulations of the Virginia Racing Commission, shall be guilty of a Class 4\nfelony.\n\t\tAny person who (i) administers any substance foreign to the natural horse,\nexcept those substances specifically permitted by the regulations of the\nVirginia Racing Commission, when the horse is entered to start, or (ii) at any\ntime, exposes any substance foreign to the natural horse with the intent of\nimpeding or increasing the speed, endurance, health, or condition of a horse,\nshall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 855; 1990, c. 366.","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}}