Henrico County Code has no ordinance using the word 'hoarding,' but Sec. 5-5 establishes a public county animal-cruelty registry for felony cruelty convictions, and Virginia Code Sec. 3.2-6570 makes deprivation of necessary food, drink, shelter or emergency veterinary care a Class 1 misdemeanor. The kennel threshold also limits accumulation.
No Henrico provision defines 'animal hoarding,' but several rules reach it. Sec. 5-5 creates an animal-cruelty registry listing residents convicted on or after July 1, 2024 of felony cruelty, animal fighting, or maiming/killing an animal. Accumulation is checked by the Sec. 5-1 'kennel' definition (five or more canines/felines triggering licensing and zoning) and by the rabies and licensing duties for each animal. Severe neglect is prosecuted under state law: Va. Code Sec. 3.2-6570 penalizes those who ill-treat or abandon an animal or deprive it of necessary food, drink, shelter or emergency veterinary treatment, a Class 1 misdemeanor (felony on serious injury or death). Henrico Animal Protection Police may seize neglected animals.
Cruelty and neglect are prosecuted under Va. Code Sec. 3.2-6570 (Class 1 misdemeanor, felony for serious injury/death); animals may be seized. Felony convictions are published on the county cruelty registry (Sec. 5-5).
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