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2016 SESSION
16103578DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 51.5-44.1 as follows:
§ 51.5-44.1. Fraudulent representation of a service dog; penalty.
Any person who knowingly, willfully, and fraudulently fits a dog with a harness, collar, vest, or sign, or uses an identification card commonly used by a person with a disability, in order to represent that the dog is a service dog to fraudulently gain public access for such dog pursuant to provisions in § 51.5-44 is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.