Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org657603.2-6545Regulation of sale of animals procured from animal shelters2025Agriculture, Animal Care, and FoodDomestic AnimalsComprehensive Animal CareAuthority of Local Governing Bodies

Any locality that maintains or supports, in whole or in part, a public or private animal shelter may by ordinance provide that no person who acquires an animal from such shelter shall be able to sell the animal within a period of six months from the time the animal is acquired from the shelter. Violation of the ordinance is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

1972, c. 347, § 15.1-517.1; 1997, c. 587, § 3.1-796.94:2; 2008, c. 860; 2014, c. 148.