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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>358119</law_id><section_number>3.2-5639</section_number><catch_line>Announcement of day and hour of livestock sale</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="5" identifier="3.2">Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="IV">Food and Drink; Weights and Measures</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="8" identifier="56">Weights and Measures</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The operator of the <span class="dictionary">livestock auction market</span> shall publicly announce the day and hour when an auction <span class="dictionary">sale</span> of livestock is to begin at least one week in advance of the day of <span class="dictionary">sale</span> so chosen and shall include the time of <span class="dictionary">sale</span> in all information thereafter published concerning the <span class="dictionary">sale</span>. Auction <span class="dictionary">sale</span> of livestock shall begin on the day and hour so selected.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 3-708.43, 59-114.3; 1952, c. 387; 1962, c. 298; 1966, c. 702, &#xA7; 3.1-961; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
