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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 642 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1425401,"object_type":"law","relational_id":358233,"identifier":"3.2-6108","token":"3.2\/V\/61\/3.2-6108","url":"\/3.2-6108\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6108\/","token":"3.2\/V\/61\/3.2-6108","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prohibited acts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6108","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>It shall be unlawful for:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Any person to use any <span class=\"dictionary\">brand<\/span> for branding cattle unless the <span class=\"dictionary\">brand<\/span> is registered with the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-1332803\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-6108\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Any person to obliterate, alter or deface the <span class=\"dictionary\">brand<\/span> of any <span class=\"dictionary\">animals<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-1332804\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-6108\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Any <span class=\"dictionary\">livestock market<\/span> to receive and sell cattle unless records of such sale are kept in accordance with the requirements of this chapter; or <a id=\"paragraph-1332805\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-6108\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"4\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> Any <span class=\"dictionary\">livestock market<\/span> to fail to post a copy of the register of <span class=\"dictionary\">brands<\/span> furnished to them by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> in a place easily accessible to interested parties. <a id=\"paragraph-1332806\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-6108\/#4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROHIBITED ACTS (\u00a7 3.2-6108)\n\nIt shall be unlawful for:\n\n1. Any person to use any brand for branding cattle unless the brand is\nregistered with the Department;\n\n2. Any person to obliterate, alter or deface the brand of any animals;\n\n3. Any livestock market to receive and sell cattle unless records of such sale\nare kept in accordance with the requirements of this chapter; or\n\n4. Any livestock market to fail to post a copy of the register of brands\nfurnished to them by the Department in a place easily accessible to interested\nparties.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 642, \u00a7 3.1-796.37; 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"}}