                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DISCLOSURE OF ANIMAL BITE HISTORY; PENALTIES (§ 3.2-6509.1)

A. Any custodian of a releasing agency, animal control officer, law-enforcement
officer, or humane investigator, upon taking custody of any dog or cat in the
course of his official duties, shall ask and document whether, if known, the dog
or cat has bitten a person or other animal and the circumstances and date of
such bite. Any custodian of a releasing agency, animal control officer,
law-enforcement officer, or humane investigator, upon release of a dog or cat
for (i) adoption, (ii) return to a rightful owner, or (iii) transfer to another
agency, shall disclose, if known, that the dog or cat has bitten a person or
other animal and the circumstances and date of such bite.

B. Violation of this section is a Class 3 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 2018, c. 678.