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Code of Virginia
Title 3.2. Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food
Chapter 60. Livestock and Poultry
4/14/2026

§ 3.2-6019. Liability for damages.

Any person who knowingly disregards, violates, or evades any provision of any section of this article, or of Article 2 (§ 3.2-6024 et seq.), or any regulation or order of the Commissioner, Board, State Veterinarian, or his representative, shall, in addition to the punishment otherwise provided for, or any other remedy, be liable to the owner thereof, for any damages to his livestock or poultry, occasioned by such disregarding, violating, or evading of any of such provisions, regulations, or orders.

Code 1950, § 3-582; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-740; 2002, c. 185; 2008, c. 860.

The chapters of the acts of assembly referenced in the historical citation at the end of this section may not constitute a comprehensive list of such chapters and may exclude chapters whose provisions have expired.