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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74195</law_id><section_number>18.2-313</section_number><catch_line>Handling or using snakes so as to endanger human life or health</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="7">Crimes Involving Health and Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Miscellaneous Dangerous Conduct</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>It shall be unlawful for any person, or persons, to display, exhibit, handle or use any poisonous or dangerous snake or reptile in such a manner as to endanger the life or health of any person.
		Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 4 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-72; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
