Virginia Code 3.2-6108: Prohibited acts
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It shall be unlawful for:
Terms Used In Virginia Code 3.2-6108
- Brand: means any recorded identification mark applied to any position on the hide of a live animal by means of heat, freezing, acid or chemical, except tattoo marks in the ear or numbers used to keep production records, record of age or identification marks used by any governmental agency. See Virginia Code 3.2-6100
- Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. See Virginia Code 3.2-100
- Livestock: includes all domestic or domesticated bovine animals; equine animals; ovine animals; porcine animals; cervidae animals; capradae animals; animals of the genus Lama or Vicugna; ratites; fish or shellfish in aquaculture facilities, as defined in § 3. See Virginia Code 3.2-5900
- Livestock market: means a place where a person assembles livestock for public sale if such person is required to procure a license or permit from the Department to operate such market. See Virginia Code 3.2-6100
- Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
1. Any person to use any brand for branding cattle unless the brand is registered with the Department;
2. Any person to obliterate, alter or deface the brand of any animals;
3. Any livestock market to receive and sell cattle unless records of such sale are kept in accordance with the requirements of this chapter; or
4. Any livestock market to fail to post a copy of the register of brands furnished to them by the Department in a place easily accessible to interested parties.
1974, c. 642, § 3.1-796.37; 2008, c. 860.