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Code of Virginia · § 18.2-205 — False pretense in obtaining registration of cattle and other animals and giving false pedigree

18.2-205. False pretense in obtaining registration of cattle and other animals and giving false pedigree

Every person who by any false pretense shall obtain from any club, association, society or company for improving the breed of cattle, horses, sheep, swine or other domestic animals the registration of any animal in the herd register or other register of any such club, association, society or company, or a transfer of any such registration, and every person who shall knowingly give a false pedigree of any animal shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

History and annotations

Code 1950, § 18.1-123; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.

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