                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

KEEPING OF REPTILES GENERALLY; PENALTY (§ 29.1-569)

It shall be unlawful for the owner or keeper of any exotic reptile or type of
reptile not native to the Commonwealth of Virginia, including but not limited to
the American alligator, to keep the reptile in any manner that will permit its
escape or to knowingly permit the reptile to run at large. Any violation of this
section shall constitute a Class 2 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 1980, c. 202, § 29-213.35; 1987, c. 488; 1999, c. 85.