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1995 SESSION
LD3771200Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 3.1-796.70 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 3.1-796.70. Sale, etc., of unweaned or certain immature animals prohibited, vaccinations required for dogs and cats; penalty.
A. No person shall sell, raffle, or offer for sale as pets or
novelties, or offer or give as a prize, premium, or advertising device any
living chicks, ducklings, or other fowl under two months old in quantities of
less than six or any unweaned mammalian companion animal or any dog
under the age of eight weeks without its dam, or any cat under the age of ten
weeks without its queen. Dealers may offer immature
fowl, or unweaned mammalian companion animals,
dogs under the age of eight weeks or cats under the age of ten weeks
for sale as pets or novelties with the requirement that prospective owners
take possession of the animals only after fowl reach have
reached two months of age and, mammalian
companion animals have been weaned, dogs are at least eight weeks of
age, and cats are at least ten weeks of age. Nothing in this section
shall prohibit the sale of an unweaned animal (i) as food for other animals
or (ii) with the lactating dam or queen or a lactating surrogate
dam or queen that has accepted the animal.
B. Dealers shall provide all dogs and cats with current vaccinations against contagious and infectious diseases, as recommended in writing and considered appropriate for the animal's age and breed by a licensed veterinarian, at least five days before any new owner takes possession of the animal. For dogs, the vaccinations required by this subsection shall include at a minimum canine distemper, adenovirus type II parainfluenza, and parvovirus. For cats, the vaccinations required by this subsection shall include at a minimum rhinotracheitis, calici, and panleukopenia. Dealers shall provide the new owner with the dog's or cat's immunization history.
C. Violation A violation of this section is
punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor.