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§ 10.1-1100. Department of Forestry; appointment of the State Forester - The Department of Forestry, hereinafter referred to in this chapter...
§ 10.1-1100.1. Certified mail; subsequent mail or notices may be sent by regular mail - Whenever in this chapter the State Forester or the Department...
§ 10.1-1101. General powers of Department - The Department shall have the following general powers, all of...
§ 10.1-1102. Board of Forestry - The Board of Forestry within the Department of Forestry, referred...
§ 10.1-1103. Powers of the Board - A. The Board shall be charged with matters relating to...
§ 10.1-1104. General powers and duties of State Forester - The State Forester, under the direction and control of the...
§ 10.1-1105. Additional powers and duties of State Forester - A. The State Forester shall supervise and direct all forest...
§ 10.1-1105.1. Century forest program - The State Forester shall establish and administer a century forest...
§ 10.1-1106. State Forester to control forest reserves and funds; reforesting; preservation of timber, etc. - The care, management and preservation of the forest reserves of...
§ 10.1-1107. Purchase of lands and acceptance of gifts for forestry purposes by the State Forester; management; definition of state forests - A. The State Forester shall have authority to purchase in...
§ 10.1-1108. Waste and unappropriated lands - Any waste and unappropriated land, other than ungranted shores of...
§ 10.1-1109. State forests not subject to warrant, survey or patent - Lands acquired by the Commonwealth for forestry purposes shall not...
§ 10.1-1110. Violation of regulations for supervision of state forests, etc. - Violators of any regulation for the supervision or use of...
§ 10.1-1111. Kindling fires on state forests; cutting and removing timber; damaging land or timber - Any person who kindles fire upon any of the state...
§ 10.1-1112. Notices relating to forest fires and trespasses - The State Forester shall distribute notices, printed in large letters...
§ 10.1-1113. Not liable for trespass in performance of duties - No action for trespass shall lie against the State Forester,...
§ 10.1-1114. Establishment of nurseries; distribution of seeds and seedlings - A. The State Forester may establish and maintain a nursery...
§ 10.1-1115. Sale of trees - For the purpose of maintaining in perpetuity the production of...
§ 10.1-1116. Reforestation Operations Fund - All money obtained from the state forests, except as provided...
§ 10.1-1117. Specialized services or rentals of equipment to landowners, localities and state agencies; fees; disposition of proceeds - The State Forester may cooperate with landowners, counties, municipalities and...
§ 10.1-1118. Account of receipts and expenditures - The State Forester shall keep a full and accurate account...
§ 10.1-1119. Preservation of evidence as to conserving forest supply; reports to General Assembly; publications - The State Forester shall preserve all evidence taken by him...
§ 10.1-1119.1. State Forests System Fund established - There is hereby created in the state treasury a special...
§ 10.1-1120. Forest Management of State-Owned Lands Fund - The Forest Management of State-Owned Lands Fund established by the...
§ 10.1-1121. Definitions - As used in this article unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-1122. Management, harvesting, sale of timber on state-owned land - A. The Department in cooperation with the Division of Engineering...
§ 10.1-1123. Use of Fund; management, receipt and expenditure of moneys - The Fund shall be used to defray the costs of...
§ 10.1-1124. Counties and certain cities to pay annual sums for forest protection, etc. - A. Upon presentation to its governing body of an itemized...
§ 10.1-1125. Application of Articles 4, 5 and 6 to cities; State Forester authorized to enter into contracts with cities - A. In addition to the application of this article and...
§ 10.1-1126. State Forester authorized to enter into agreements with federal agencies - The State Forester is authorized to enter into agreements, approved...
§ 10.1-1126.1. Silvicultural practices; local government authority limited - A. Forestry, when practiced in accordance with accepted silvicultural best...
§ 10.1-1127. County and city levies and appropriations - The governing bodies of the counties and those cities entering...
§ 10.1-1127.1. Tree conservation ordinance; civil penalties - A. The governing body of any county, city or town...
§ 10.1-1128. Acquisition and administration - Each county, city and town acting through its governing body,...
§ 10.1-1129. Purchasing real estate outside of boundaries - Before any governing body purchases any real estate outside of...
§ 10.1-1130. State Forester to furnish seedlings and technical assistance - The State Forester is authorized to supply from any forest...
§ 10.1-1131. Authority of State Forester - The State Forester is authorized to designate, upon request of...
§ 10.1-1132. Administration by State Forester; services rendered - The State Forester shall administer the provisions of this article....
§ 10.1-1133. Fees for services; free services - Upon presentation of a statement for designating, measuring or estimating...
§ 10.1-1134. Disposition of fees - All moneys paid to the State Forester for services described...
§ 10.1-1134.1. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-1135. Appointment and compensation of forest wardens; oath; powers - The State Forester, when he deems it necessary, may request...
§ 10.1-1136. Duties of forest wardens - The duties of the forest wardens are to (i) enforce...
§ 10.1-1137. Duty in case of fires and payment of costs of suppression - When any forest warden sees or receives a report of...
§ 10.1-1138. Rewards for information leading to conviction of arsonists or incendiaries - The State Forester shall be authorized, whenever it appears to...
§ 10.1-1139. Who may be summoned to aid forest warden - Any forest warden to whom written instructions have been issued...
§ 10.1-1140. Liability of warden for trespass - No action for trespass shall lie against any forest warden...
§ 10.1-1140.1. Defense of forest wardens - If any commissioned forest warden appointed by the State Forester...
§ 10.1-1141. Liability and recovery of cost of fighting forest fires by localities and the State Forester - A. The State Forester in the name of the Commonwealth...
§ 10.1-1142. Regulating the burning of woods, brush, etc.; penalties - A. It shall be unlawful for any owner or lessee...
§ 10.1-1143. Throwing inflammable objects from vehicle on highway while in or near certain lands - It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, toss...
§ 10.1-1144. Failure to clean premises of certain mills - Any individual, firm, or corporation responsible for the operation of...
§ 10.1-1145. Failure to properly maintain logging equipment and railroad locomotives - Logging equipment and railroad locomotives operated in, through, or near...
§ 10.1-1146. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, c. 104.
§ 10.1-1147. Removal of inflammable material from lands adjoining right-of-way by railroads - For the purpose of providing increased protection to forest property...
§ 10.1-1148. Fires caused by violation of provisions of article; liability to Commonwealth - Individuals and corporations causing fires by violation of any provision...
§ 10.1-1149. Southeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact - § 1. The Governor is hereby authorized to execute, on...
§ 10.1-1150. Middle Atlantic Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact - § 1. The Governor is hereby authorized to execute, on...
§ 10.1-1150.1. Definitions - As used in this article unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-1150.2. State Forester to establish certification process - The State Forester shall develop and administer a certification process...
§ 10.1-1150.3. Voluntary certification - To be certified as a prescribed burn manager, a person...
§ 10.1-1150.4. Prescribed burn elements - Prescribed burning shall be performed in the following manner: 1....
§ 10.1-1150.5. Liability - A. Any prescribed burning conducted in compliance with the requirements...
§ 10.1-1150.6. Revocation of certification - If the actions of any certified prescribed burn manager or...
§ 10.1-1151. Necessity for permits - No person shall hunt or trap in this Commonwealth on...
§ 10.1-1152. State Forester may require permits and fees - A. The State Forester is authorized to require any person...
§ 10.1-1153. Limitations on rights of holders of permits - Each special use permit shall entitle the holder to hunt...
§ 10.1-1154. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2007, c. 646, cl. 2.
§ 10.1-1156. Funds credited to Department; disbursements - All funds paid into the state treasury pursuant to §...
§ 10.1-1157. Punishment for violations - Any person who hunts or traps in violation of any...
§ 10.1-1158. Prohibition of all open burning where serious fire hazards exist; penalty - It shall be unlawful when the forestlands, brushlands and fields...
§ 10.1-1159. Upon proclamation of Governor certain acts made unlawful where extraordinary fire hazards exist; closing of hunting and fishing seasons - Upon proclamation of the Governor, it shall be unlawful, when...
§ 10.1-1160. Effect of proclamation on hunting season - When any proclamation is issued pursuant to § 10.1-1158 during...
§ 10.1-1161. Notice of issuance, amendment or rescission of proclamation - When any proclamation is issued, amended or rescinded the Secretary...
§ 10.1-1162. Definitions - As used in this article unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-1163. Exemptions from article - A. This article shall not apply to any acre of...
§ 10.1-1164. Pine trees to be left uncut for reseeding purposes - Every landowner who cuts, or any person who cuts or...
§ 10.1-1165. When trees left for reseeding purposes may be cut - Pine trees which are left uncut for purposes of reseeding...
§ 10.1-1166. Posting or publication of notices - The State Forester shall distribute notices calling attention to the...
§ 10.1-1167. Penalty for violation of article - Any person violating any provision of this article shall be...
§ 10.1-1168. Procedure to ensure proper planting after conviction; cash deposit or bond; inspection or planting by State Forester - When any person is convicted of failing to leave seed...
§ 10.1-1169. Liability for failure to carry out planting, cutting or management plan; reforestation of area by State Forester - A. Any person failing to carry out, fulfill or complete...
§ 10.1-1170. Administration of article - The State Forester shall administer the provisions of this article,...
§ 10.1-1171. Exceptions - A. This article shall not apply to any tract of...
§ 10.1-1172. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2012, cc. 803 and 835, cl. 19.
§ 10.1-1173. Authority of State Forester; reforestation options; lien - The State Forester is authorized, upon the request of a...
§ 10.1-1174. Reforestation of Timberlands Fund - All moneys paid to or collected by the State Forester...
§ 10.1-1175. Certain rights of landowner not limited - This article shall not limit the right of any landowner...
§ 10.1-1176. When provisions of article effective - This article shall not be effective during any biennium for...
§ 10.1-1177. Authority of Department of Forestry - The Department of Forestry is authorized to and responsible for...
§ 10.1-1178. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-1179. State Forester to investigate; notice to landowners - Where an insect infestation or disease infection is believed to...
§ 10.1-1180. Cooperation with individuals and public agencies - The Department of Forestry is authorized to cooperate with persons,...
§ 10.1-1181. Control of Forest Tree Insects and Diseases Fund - A special fund in the state treasury known as the...
§ 10.1-1181.1. Definitions - As used in this article unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-1181.2. Conduct of silvicultural activities; issuance of special orders - A. If the State Forester believes that an owner or...
§ 10.1-1181.3. Civil penalties - A. Any owner or operator who violates, or fails or...
§ 10.1-1181.4. Final decisions; costs of hearing examiner - A. Any final order or decision rendered pursuant to this...
§ 10.1-1181.5. Judicial review - Any person aggrieved by a final order or decision under...
§ 10.1-1181.6. Enforcement by injunction - Any owner or operator violating or failing, neglecting or refusing...
§ 10.1-1181.7. Virginia Forest Water Quality Fund established; administration and disbursements - A. There is hereby established a special, nonreverting fund in...
§ 10.1-1181.8. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-1181.9. Requirements for forester title - A. In order to use the title of forester in...
§ 10.1-1181.10. Activities not prohibited - The provisions of this article shall not prohibit: 1. Any...
§ 10.1-1181.11. Injunctive relief - The Attorney General or any other person may apply to...
§ 10.1-1181.12. Exemption from article - The provisions of this article shall not apply to any...
§ 10.1-1181.13. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-1181.14. Applicability - The provisions of this article shall not apply to any...
§ 10.1-1181.15. Forest mitigation agreements - A. The Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources, the Secretary...