                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

IMPOUNDMENT; EXPENSES; LIEN; DISPOSITION OF ANIMAL (§ 3.2-6565)

When an animal control officer, humane investigator, law-enforcement officer or
State Veterinarian&#8217;s representative finds that an apparent violation of
this chapter has rendered an animal in such a condition as to constitute a
direct and immediate threat to its life, safety or health that the owner or
custodian has failed to remedy, such animal control officer, humane
investigator, law-enforcement officer or State Veterinarian&#8217;s
representative may impound the animal pursuant to § 3.2-6569 in a facility that
will provide the elements of good care as set forth in § 3.2-6503 and shall
then proceed to take such steps as are required to dispose of the animal
pursuant to § 3.2-6569.

HISTORY: 1984, c. 492, § 29-213.77; 1987, c. 488, § 3.1-796.108; 1994, c. 387;
1998, c. 817; 2008, c. 860.