Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org689013.2-6554Disposal of dead companion animals202518.2-403.33.2-6507.2Agriculture, Animal Care, and FoodDomestic AnimalsComprehensive Animal CareAuthority of Local Governing Bodies

The owner of any companion animal shall forthwith cremate, bury, or sanitarily dispose of the animal upon its death. If, after notice, any owner fails to do so, the animal control officer or other officer shall bury or cremate the companion animal, and he may recover on behalf of the local jurisdiction from the owner his cost for this service.

1984, c. 492, § 29-213.90; 1987, c. 488, § 3.1-796.121; 1993, c. 174; 1998, c. 817; 2008, c. 860.