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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 351.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":261247,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76870,"identifier":"59.1-402","token":"59.1\/29\/6\/59.1-402","url":"\/59.1-402\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-402\/","token":"59.1\/29\/6\/59.1-402","dublin_core":{"Title":"Racing under false name; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-402","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> who knowingly enters or races any horse in any running or harness race under any name or designation other than the name or designation assigned to such horse by and registered with the Jockey Club, the United States Trotting Association, the American Quarter Horse Association, or other applicable association or who knowingly instigates, engages in, or in any way furthers any act by which any horse is entered or raced in any running or trotting race under any name or designation other than the name or designation duly assigned by and registered with the Jockey Club, the United States Trotting Association, the American Quarter Horse Association, or other applicable association, is guilty of a Class 4 <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRACING UNDER FALSE NAME; PENALTY (\u00a7 59.1-402)\n\nAny person who knowingly enters or races any horse in any running or harness\nrace under any name or designation other than the name or designation assigned\nto such horse by and registered with the Jockey Club, the United States Trotting\nAssociation, the American Quarter Horse Association, or other applicable\nassociation or who knowingly instigates, engages in, or in any way furthers any\nact by which any horse is entered or raced in any running or trotting race under\nany name or designation other than the name or designation duly assigned by and\nregistered with the Jockey Club, the United States Trotting Association, the\nAmerican Quarter Horse Association, or other applicable association, is guilty\nof a Class 4 felony.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 855; 1990, c. 351.","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}}