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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61505</law_id><section_number>3.2-4716</section_number><catch_line>Bond not required for certain auction sales of livestock</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="3.2">Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Production and Sale of Agricultural Products</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="47">Sale of Farm Produce</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Commission Merchants</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall be required of any person operating a livestock auction market or stockyard that has been posted by the U.S. <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Agriculture and is being operated under and pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 (42 Stat. 159), as amended.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 3-541; 1960, c. 250; 1966, c. 702, &#xA7; 3.1-699; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
