Virginia statute

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-323 — Leaving disabled or dead animal in road, or allowing dead animal to remain unburied

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Article 8: Miscellaneous Dangerous Conduct, Code of Virginia.

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

Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-323

Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the text of the Code of Virginia from the official Virginia Law Portal API published by the Virginia General Assembly's Division of Legislative Automated Systems; it is not the official Code of Virginia.

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-323Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session

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.

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Questions this section answers

Is leaving disabled or dead animal in road, or allowing dead animal to remain unburied a felony or a misdemeanor in Virginia?

Leaving disabled or dead animal in road, or allowing dead animal to remain unburied is a class 3 misdemeanor in Virginia under Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-323.

Which Virginia statute covers leaving disabled or dead animal in road, or allowing dead animal to remain unburied?

Leaving disabled or dead animal in road, or allowing dead animal to remain unburied is governed by Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-323 (Leaving disabled or dead animal in road, or allowing dead animal to remain unburied).

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