CODE OF VIRGINIA

DISPOSAL OF DEAD COMPANION ANIMALS (§ 3.2-6554)

The owner of any companion animal shall forthwith cremate, bury, or sanitarily
dispose of the animal upon its death. If, after notice, any owner fails to do
so, the animal control officer or other officer shall bury or cremate the
companion animal, and he may recover on behalf of the local jurisdiction from
the owner his cost for this service.

HISTORY: 1984, c. 492, § 29-213.90; 1987, c. 488, § 3.1-796.121; 1993, c. 174;
1998, c. 817; 2008, c. 860.