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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73161</law_id><section_number>3.2-6508.1</section_number><catch_line>Sale of dogs or cats prohibited in certain places</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="V">Domestic Animals</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="65">Comprehensive Animal Care</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Transportation and Sale of Animals</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> It is unlawful for any person to sell, exchange, trade, barter, lease, or display for a commercial purpose any dog or cat on or in any roadside, public right-of-way, parkway, median, park, or recreation area; flea market or other outdoor market; or commercial parking lot, regardless of whether such act is authorized by the landowner. <a id="paragraph-263406" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-6508.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> This section shall not apply to: <a id="paragraph-263407" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-6508.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The display of dogs or cats by or the <span class="dictionary">adoption</span> of dogs or cats from a <span class="dictionary">humane society</span> or private or <span class="dictionary">public animal shelter</span> as those terms are defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/3.2-6500/">3.2-6500</a>; <a id="paragraph-263408" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-6508.1/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The display of dogs or cats as part of a state or county fair exhibition, 4-H program, or similar exhibition or educational program; <a id="paragraph-263409" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-6508.1/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The sale, exchange, or trade of dogs that are sold primarily for use in commonly-accepted hunting or <span class="dictionary">livestock</span> farming activities; or <a id="paragraph-263410" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-6508.1/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> A prearranged sale between a dog breeder and a specific individual purchaser. Such prearranged sale shall not take place at a regularly-occurring event such as a flea market or other organized trade <span class="dictionary">venue</span>. <a id="paragraph-263411" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-6508.1/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2015, c. 679.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
