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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>358397</law_id><section_number>3.2-804</section_number><catch_line>Prohibited acts; noxious weeds</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="1" identifier="I">General Provisions; Protection and Promotion of Agriculture</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="6" identifier="8">Noxious Weeds</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No <span class="dictionary">person</span> shall violate any provisions of this chapter or any regulation adopted hereunder. If the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> requires a <span class="dictionary">person</span> to obtain a <span class="dictionary">permit</span> pursuant to subsection B of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Powers and duties of Board; quarantine" href="/3.2-802/">3.2-802</a>, such <span class="dictionary">person</span> shall obtain such <span class="dictionary">permit</span> prior to moving, transporting, delivering, shipping, offering for shipment, selling, or offering for sale into or within the Commonwealth a <span class="dictionary">noxious weed</span> or part thereof. Such <span class="dictionary">permit</span> shall be subject to prescribed safeguards.</p></section></text><history>1970, c. 175, &#xA7; 3.1-296.16; 2008, c. 860; 2023, c. 153.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
