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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54865</law_id><section_number>3.2-6508</section_number><catch_line>Transporting animals; requirements; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>18.2-403.1</reference><reference>3.2-6506</reference></referred_to_by><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> No <span class="dictionary">owner</span>, railroad or other common carrier when transporting any <span class="dictionary">animal</span> shall allow that <span class="dictionary">animal</span> to be confined in any type of conveyance more than 24 consecutive hours without being exercised, properly rested, fed and watered as necessary for that particular type and species of <span class="dictionary">animal</span>. A reasonable extension of this time shall be permitted when an accident, storm or other act of God causes a delay. <span class="dictionary">Adequate space</span> in the <span class="dictionary">primary enclosure</span> within any type of conveyance shall be provided each <span class="dictionary">animal</span> depending upon the particular type and species of <span class="dictionary">animal</span>. <a id="paragraph-201284" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-6508/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No person shall import into the Commonwealth, nor export from the Commonwealth, for the purpose of sale or offering for sale any dog or cat under the age of eight weeks without its dam. <a id="paragraph-201285" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-6508/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Violation of this section is a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-201286" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-6508/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1984, c. 492, &#xA7; 29-213.39; 1987, c. 488, &#xA7; 3.1-796.69; 1993, c. 174; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
