11VAC10-100-30. Lip tattoo requirements.
No horse may start in a race without a legible lip tattoo number or readable microchip applied by the designated personnel appropriate to the breed of horse. In harness racing, no Standardbred may start in a race without a legible lip tattoo, a freeze brand number, or readable microchip applied by the designated personnel appropriate to the breed of horse.
Statutory Authority
§ 59.1-369 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR662-04-01 § 3, eff. September 26, 1991; amended, Virginia Register Volume 16, Issue 25, eff. August 8, 2000; Volume 23, Issue 18, eff. May 31, 2007; Volume 37, Issue 24, eff. July 19, 2021.