Longer pieces on questions that need more room than an FAQ answer, starting with a smell coming from inside a wall. Statements about law or agency guidance name their source and the date it was read.
How to tell whether the animal is in an attic, crawlspace, garage or under a deck, or sealed inside a finished wall, what VDH says about handling a dead rodent, and why this page gives no day count.
Looking for the reference pages instead?
The blog is where a subject gets more room than a reference page should give it. If you want the short version, start with who removes a dead animal in Virginia, the handling and disposal rules, or the locations page for the larger counties and cities.
Call and describe where it is lying and how close anyone can get to it. The first thing that gets worked out is whether this is a job you should be paying for at all.
