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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64609</law_id><section_number>3.2-6541</section_number><catch_line>Authority to prohibit training of attack dogs</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="6">Authority of Local Governing Bodies</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Fairfax County may enact an <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> that prohibits persons from training dogs on residential property to attack. As used in this section, &#x201C;attack&#x201D; means to attack or respond aggressively, either with or without command. Any such <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> shall exempt from its provisions the training of dogs owned by any person who resides on the property.</p></section></text><history>1999, c. 848, &#xA7; 3.1-796.93:2; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
