                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PREVENTING CRUELTY TO ANIMALS; INTERFERENCE; PENALTY (§ 3.2-6566)

Each animal control officer, humane investigator or State Veterinarian&#8217;s
representative shall interfere to prevent the perpetration of any act of cruelty
upon any animal in his presence. Any person who shall interfere with or obstruct
or resist any humane investigator or State Veterinarian&#8217;s representative
in the discharge of his rights, powers, and duties as authorized and prescribed
by law is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 1984, c. 492, § 29-213.80; 1986, c. 362; 1987, c. 488, § 3.1-796.111;
1998, c. 817; 2008, c. 860; 2010, c. 240.