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Exhaustion shall mean a judgment against the owner of the hybrid canine upon which an execution has been returned unsatisfied.\n\nLocal jurisdictions may by ordinance waive the requirements of clause (ii) or (iii) or both provided that the ordinance adopted requires that the animal control officer has conducted an investigation and that his investigation supports the claim. 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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 918<\/a> 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. It has been modified 3 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 1998, chapter 817<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>; in 2014, chapters 116<\/a> and 160<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1425525,"object_type":"law","relational_id":358359,"identifier":"3.2-6584","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/11\/3.2-6584","url":"\/3.2-6584\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6584\/","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/11\/3.2-6584","dublin_core":{"Title":"Compensation for livestock and poultry killed by hybrid canines","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6584","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person who has any livestock<\/span> or poultry<\/span> killed or injured by any hybrid canine<\/span> not his own shall be entitled to receive as compensation the fair market value of such livestock<\/span> or poultry<\/span> not to exceed $750 per animal or $10 per fowl if (i) the claimant has furnished evidence<\/span> within 60 days of discovery<\/span> of the quantity and value of the dead or injured livestock<\/span> and the reasons the claimant believes that death or injury was caused by a hybrid canine<\/span>; (ii) the animal control officer<\/span> or other officer<\/span> shall have been notified of the incident within 72 hours of its discovery<\/span>; and (iii) the claimant first has exhausted his legal remedies against the owner<\/span>, if known, of the hybrid canine<\/span> doing the damage for which compensation under this section is sought. Exhaustion shall mean a judgment<\/span> against the owner<\/span> of the hybrid canine<\/span> upon which an execution has been returned unsatisfied.<\/p>

Local jurisdictions<\/span> may by ordinance<\/span> waive<\/span> the requirements of clause (ii) or (iii) or both provided that the ordinance<\/span> adopted requires that the animal control officer<\/span> has conducted an investigation and that his investigation supports the claim. Upon payment under this section the local governing body shall be subrogated to the extent of compensation paid to the right of action to the owner<\/span> of the livestock<\/span> or poultry<\/span> against the owner<\/span> of the hybrid canine<\/span> and may enforce the same in an appropriate action at law<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMPENSATION FOR LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY KILLED BY HYBRID CANINES (\u00a7 3.2-6584)\n\nAny person who has any livestock or poultry killed or injured by any hybrid\ncanine not his own shall be entitled to receive as compensation the fair market\nvalue of such livestock or poultry not to exceed $750 per animal or $10 per fowl\nif (i) the claimant has furnished evidence within 60 days of discovery of the\nquantity and value of the dead or injured livestock and the reasons the claimant\nbelieves that death or injury was caused by a hybrid canine; (ii) the animal\ncontrol officer or other officer shall have been notified of the incident within\n72 hours of its discovery; and (iii) the claimant first has exhausted his legal\nremedies against the owner, if known, of the hybrid canine doing the damage for\nwhich compensation under this section is sought. Exhaustion shall mean a\njudgment against the owner of the hybrid canine upon which an execution has been\nreturned unsatisfied.\n\nLocal jurisdictions may by ordinance waive the requirements of clause (ii) or\n(iii) or both provided that the ordinance adopted requires that the animal\ncontrol officer has conducted an investigation and that his investigation\nsupports the claim. Upon payment under this section the local governing body\nshall be subrogated to the extent of compensation paid to the right of action to\nthe owner of the livestock or poultry against the owner of the hybrid canine and\nmay enforce the same in an appropriate action at law.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 918, \u00a7 3.1-796.126:11; 1998, c. 817; 2008, c. 860; 2014, cc.\n116, 160.","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"}}