59.1-402 - Racing under false name; penalty.
§ 59.1-402. Racing under false name; penalty.
Any person who knowingly enters or races any horse in any running or harnessrace under any name or designation other than the name or designationassigned to such horse by and registered with the Jockey Club, the UnitedStates Trotting Association, the American Quarter Horse Association, or otherapplicable association or who knowingly instigates, engages in, or in any wayfurthers any act by which any horse is entered or raced in any running ortrotting race under any name or designation other than the name ordesignation duly assigned by and registered with the Jockey Club, the UnitedStates Trotting Association, the American Quarter Horse Association, or otherapplicable association, is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
(1988, c. 855; 1990, c. 351.)