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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1966, chapter 702; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1425239,"object_type":"law","relational_id":358192,"identifier":"3.2-6016","token":"3.2\/V\/60\/1\/3.2-6016","url":"\/3.2-6016\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6016\/","token":"3.2\/V\/60\/1\/3.2-6016","dublin_core":{"Title":"Altering disease control identification of livestock or poultry","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6016","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

It shall be unlawful for any person to, unless in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to this article, alter, deface, change from one animal<\/span> to another, mutilate, substitute, remove, misrepresent, or otherwise interfere with any tag, brand, tattoo, mark, or other identification adopted or used by any county, the Commissioner<\/span>, the Board<\/span>, the U.S. Department<\/span> of Agriculture, or any other state for the identification of any animal<\/span> in the Commonwealth or shipped into the Commonwealth for the purpose of controlling or eradicating disease.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nALTERING DISEASE CONTROL IDENTIFICATION OF LIVESTOCK OR POULTRY (\u00a7 3.2-6016)\n\nIt shall be unlawful for any person to, unless in accordance with regulations\nadopted pursuant to this article, alter, deface, change from one animal to\nanother, mutilate, substitute, remove, misrepresent, or otherwise interfere with\nany tag, brand, tattoo, mark, or other identification adopted or used by any\ncounty, the Commissioner, the Board, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, or any\nother state for the identification of any animal in the Commonwealth or shipped\ninto the Commonwealth for the purpose of controlling or eradicating disease.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 3-591; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-755; 2008, c. 860.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}