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2019 Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally
Chapter 7 - Crimes Involving Health and Safety
§ 18.2-313. Handling or using snakes so as to endanger human life or health
Universal Citation: VA Code § 18.2-313 (2019)
It shall be unlawful for any person, or persons, to display, exhibit, handle or use any poisonous or dangerous snake or reptile in such a manner as to endanger the life or health of any person.
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.
Code 1950, ยง 18.1-72; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
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