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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0852\">852<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1426001,"object_type":"law","relational_id":358343,"identifier":"3.2-6570.1","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/9\/3.2-6570.1","url":"\/3.2-6570.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6570.1\/","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/9\/3.2-6570.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Sale of animals after cruelty or neglect conviction; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6570.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any person who has been convicted of a violation of any <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> concerning abuse, neglect, or cruelty to <span class=\"dictionary\">animals<\/span> that sells, offers for sale, or trades any <span class=\"dictionary\">companion animal<\/span> is guilty of a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>. 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