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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63875</law_id><section_number>18.2-205</section_number><catch_line>False pretense in obtaining registration of cattle and other animals and giving false pedigree</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="6">Crimes Involving Fraud</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="7">Miscellaneous False and Fraudulent Acts</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every person who by any <span class="dictionary">false pretense</span> shall obtain from any club, association, society or company for improving the breed of cattle, horses, sheep, swine or other domestic animals the registration of any animal in the herd register or other register of any such club, association, society or company, or a transfer of any such registration, and every person who shall knowingly give a false pedigree of any animal shall be guilty of a Class 3 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-123; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
