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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-323

Leaving disabled or dead animal in road, or allowing dead animal to remain unburied

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case United States v. Washington (2006)

Most recently applied in United States v. Washington (July 2006)

Code 1950, § 32-70.1; 1958, c. 548; 1970, c. 72; 1975, cc. 14, 15.

If any person cast any dead animal into a road or knowingly permit any dead animal to remain unburied upon his property when offensive to the public or, having in custody any maimed, diseased, disabled or infirm animal, leave it to lie or be in a street, road or public place, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.