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1997 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 15.1-870 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 15.1-870. Cruelty to animals; running at large and keeping of animals and fowl.
A municipal corporation Any county, city or town may
prevent cruelty to and abuse of animals and fowl; and may regulate or prohibit
the running at large and the keeping of animals and fowl and provide for the
impounding and confiscation of any such animal or fowl found at large or kept
in violation of such regulations.