A. It shall be unlawful for any person to dig, take, cut, process, or otherwise collect, remove, transport, possess, sell, offer for sale, or give away any species native to or occurring in the wild in the Commonwealth that are listed in this chapter or the regulations adopted hereunder as threatened or endangered, other than from such person's own land, except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted hereunder.
B. The Commissioner may require any person possessing endangered species or parts thereof to present such species or parts thereof for inspection and to give full information as to their origin and destination.
1979, c. 372, §§ 3.1-1023, 3.1-1024; 2008, c. 860.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 3.2 - Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food
Chapter 10 - Endangered Plant and Insect Species
§ 3.2-1001. Powers and duties of Commissioner
§ 3.2-1003. Threatened and endangered species; prohibitions
§ 3.2-1004. When Commissioner may permit taking of threatened or endangered species
§ 3.2-1005. Harvesting of threatened species; further powers of Board and Commissioner
§ 3.2-1006. License required to buy threatened species; records of purchases
§ 3.2-1007. Wild ginseng declared threatened plant species
§ 3.2-1008. Export certificate required for export of ginseng
§ 3.2-1009. Virginia birch declared endangered species