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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>358225</law_id><section_number>3.2-6100</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</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="5" identifier="V">Domestic Animals</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="61">Cattle Branding and Registration</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Brand</span>&#x201D; means any recorded identification mark applied to any position on the hide of a live <span class="dictionary">animal</span> by means of heat, freezing, acid or chemical, except tattoo marks in the ear or numbers used to keep production records, record of age or identification marks used by any governmental agency.</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Livestock market</span>&#x201D; means a place where a person assembles livestock for public sale if such person is required to procure a license or permit from the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> to operate such market.</p></section></text><history>1974, c. 642, &#xA7; 3.1-796.29; 1975, c. 283; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
