                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

NOTICE OF DANGEROUS DOG FINDING; PENALTY (§ 3.2-6540.02)

A. Any releasing agency transferring or releasing for adoption within the
Commonwealth an animal found to be a dangerous dog pursuant to &#xA7; 3.2-6540
shall notify in writing the receiving party of the requirements of this section
and &#xA7;&#xA7; 3.2-6540, 3.2-6540.01, 3.2-6540.03, and 3.2-6540.04.

B. Any releasing agency transferring or releasing for adoption outside the
Commonwealth an animal found to be a dangerous dog pursuant to &#xA7; 3.2-6540
shall notify the appropriate animal control officer in the receiving
jurisdiction that the animal has been so adjudicated.

C. Any owner of an animal found to be a dangerous dog in another state shall,
upon bringing such animal to reside within the Commonwealth, notify the animal
control officer of the jurisdiction in which the owner resides that the animal
has been so adjudicated.

D. Any owner who disposes by surrender to a releasing agency, gift, sale,
transfer, or trade of an animal found to be a dangerous dog pursuant to &#xA7;
3.2-6540 shall notify the receiver in writing that the animal has been so
adjudicated. A violation of this subsection is a Class 3 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 464.