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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0019\">19<\/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":1488267,"object_type":"law","relational_id":373077,"identifier":"59.1-405.1","token":"59.1\/29.1\/59.1-405.1","url":"\/59.1-405.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-405.1\/","token":"59.1\/29.1\/59.1-405.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Greyhound racing and simulcasting prohibited; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-405.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> No person shall hold, conduct or operate any greyhound races for public exhibition in the Commonwealth for monetary remuneration. <a id=\"paragraph-1391710\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-405.1\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> No person shall transmit or receive interstate or intrastate simulcasting of greyhound races for commercial purposes in the Commonwealth. <a id=\"paragraph-1391711\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-405.1\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class 4 <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1391712\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/59.1-405.1\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGREYHOUND RACING AND SIMULCASTING PROHIBITED; PENALTY (\u00a7 59.1-405.1)\n\nA. No person shall hold, conduct or operate any greyhound races for public\nexhibition in the Commonwealth for monetary remuneration.\n\nB. No person shall transmit or receive interstate or intrastate simulcasting of\ngreyhound races for commercial purposes in the Commonwealth.\n\nC. Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a\nClass 4 felony.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 19.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}