3.2-6011 - Bringing animals infected with disease into the Commonwealth, or in violation of order or regulation; disinfecting transport vehicles. - Virginia Statutes

§ 3.2-6011. Bringing animals infected with disease into the Commonwealth, orin violation of order or regulation; disinfecting transport vehicles.

It shall be unlawful for any person to: (i) transport from outside theCommonwealth into the Commonwealth any animal, knowing the same to beinfected with a contagious or infectious disease, or any animal known by theimporter to have been exposed to a contagious or infectious disease, or knownto bear upon its body ticks or other disease vectors or known to be a carrierof contagious or infectious disease; (ii) import any animal in violation ofany legally adopted quarantine or other order or regulation adopted underthis article; or (iii) violate any order or regulation adopted under thisarticle to clean and disinfect vehicles used by them for transporting animalsinto or through the Commonwealth, as may be reasonably necessary to preventthe spread of contagious and infectious diseases of animals within theCommonwealth.

(Code 1950, § 3-577; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-736; 1977, c. 395; 2008, c. 860.)